MurAA is required for intrinsic cephalosporin resistance of Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2443-2451

  Vesić, Dušanka ^a   Kristich, Christopher J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOSERINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NORFLOXACIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PROTEIN MURAA; PROTEIN MURAB; SPECTINOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 1 CARBOXYVINYL TRANSFERASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; INTRINSIC RESISTANCE; MURAA GENE; MURAB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84858689036     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05984-11     Document Type: Article

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