Impact of specific pbp5 mutations on expression of β-lactam resistance in Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 3028-3032

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b   Bellais, Samuel ^c   Carias, Lenore L ^b   Hutton Thomas, Rebecca ^a   Bonomo, Robert A ^a,b   Caspers, Patrick ^d   Page, Malcolm G P ^d   Gutmann, Laurent ^c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d BASILEA PHARMACEUTICA INTERNATIONAL LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; METHIONINE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; SERINE; TICARCILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PBP5 GENE; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETIC VECTORS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 3342892900     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.8.3028-3032.2004     Document Type: Article

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