Dissection of events in the resistance to β-lactam antibiotics mediated by the protein BlaR1 from Staphylococcus aureus

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 4642-4649

  Llarrull, Leticia I ^a,b   Mobashery, Shahriar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; PROTEOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; S. AUREUS; SENSOR DOMAINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSDUCER PROTEINS;

BACTERIA; GENES; METAL IONS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BLAR1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOLYSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84862167966     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi300429p     Document Type: Article

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