Novel Non-mecA-Containing Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette Composite Island Containing pbp4 and tagF Genes in a Commensal Staphylococcal Species: A Possible Reservoir for Antibiotic Resistance Islands in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1823-1836

  Mongkolrattanothai, Kanokporn ^a   Boyle, Susan ^a   Murphy, Trudy V ^b,c   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRRAB RECOMBINASE; GENE PRODUCT; METICILLIN; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CCRAB GENE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; MECA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORFX GENE; PBP4 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TAGF GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

EID: 2142647833     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.5.1823-1836.2004     Document Type: Article

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