Genetic characterization of the natural SigB variants found in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 259-271

  Inose, Yumiko ^a   Takeshita, Sayaka L ^a   Hidaka, Toshie ^a   Higashide, Masato ^a,b   Maruyama, Atsushi ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^c   Morikawa, Kazuya ^a   Ohta, Toshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Kotobiken Medical Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Chugoku Gakuen University   (Japan)

Author keywords

SigB; Sigma factor; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFMETAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN SODIUM; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PROTEIN SIGB; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33947547129     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.52.259     Document Type: Article

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