Modulation of cell wall structure and antimicrobial susceptibility by a Staphylococcus aureus eukaryote-like serine/threonine kinase and phosphatase

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1406-1416

  Beltramini, Amanda M ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Chitrangada D ^a   Pancholi, Vijay ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; EUKARYOTE SERINE THREONINE KINASE; EUKARYOTE SERINE THREONINE PHOSPHATASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; LYSOSTAPHIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL WALL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 63149156264     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01499-08     Document Type: Article

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