Role of a sodium-dependent symporter homologue in the thermosensitmty of β-lactam antibiotic resistance and cell wall composition in Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 505-512

  Sieradzki, Krzysztof ^a   Chung, Marilyn ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRANSPORTER; GLYCINE; MONOMER; MUROPEPTIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TN551 GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CELL WALL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HEAT; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; SODIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 38649127250     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00504-07     Document Type: Article

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