Role of class A penicillin-binding proteins in the expression of β-lactam resistance in Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3649-3656

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b   Carias, Lenore L ^b   Rudin, Susan ^b   Hutton, Rebecca ^a   Marshall, Steven ^a   Hassan, Medhat ^a   Josseaume, Nathalie ^c,d   Dubost, Lionel ^e,f   Marie, Arul ^e,f   Arthur, Michel ^c,d  

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

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN A; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN F; PENICILLIN G; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CHROMOSOME; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE DELETION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPORATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; ELECTROPORATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 66149147394     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01834-08     Document Type: Article

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