Complete sequences of six penicillin-binding protein genes from 40 Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates collected in Japan

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2244-2250

  Sanbongi, Yumiko ^a   Ida, Takashi ^a   Ishikawa, Midori ^a   Osaki, Yumi ^a   Kataoka, Hiroshi ^a   Suzuki, Takahisa ^a   Kondo, Kumiko ^a   Ohsawa, Fukuichi ^a   Yonezawa, Minoru ^a  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; IMIPENEM; METHIONINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; THREONINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PBP1A GENE; PBP1B GENE; PBP2A GENE; PBP2B GENE; PBP2X GENE; PBP3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 2542471553     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2244-2250.2004     Document Type: Article

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