A single mutation in enzyme I of the sugar phosphotransferase system confers penicillin tolerance to Streptococcus gordonii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 259-266

  Bizzini, A ^a   Entenza, J M ^a   Michielin, O ^b   Arnold, I ^c   Erni, B ^c   Moreillon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GLUCOSE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 73849135941     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00699-09     Document Type: Article

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