Genome-wide identification of ampicillin resistance determinants in enterococcus faecium

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Xinglin ^a   Paganelli, Fernanda L ^a   Bierschenk, Damien ^a   Kuipers, Annemarie ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^a   van Schaik, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; LYSOZYME; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DDCP GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LOXP SITE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROSS INFECTION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MURAMIDASE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864031522     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002804     Document Type: Article

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