Cloning and characterization of a novel trimethoprim-resistant dihydrofolate reductase from a nosocomial isolate of Staphylococcus aureus CM.S2 (IMCJ1454)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3948-3951

  Sekiguchi, Jun Ichiro ^a   Tharavichitkul, Prasit ^b   Miyoshi Akiyama, Tohru ^a   Chupia, Vena ^b   Fujino, Tomoko ^a   Araake, Minako ^a   Irie, Atsushi ^a   Morita, Koji ^c   Kuratsuji, Tadatoshi ^a,d   Kirikae, Teruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DFRG GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 24144502081     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.9.3948-3951.2005     Document Type: Article

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