Molecular basis for different levels of tet(M) expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae clinical isolates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5040-5045

  Grohs, Patrick ^a   Trieu Cuot, Patrick ^b   Podglajen, Isabelle ^a   Grondin, Sophie ^a   Firon, Arnaud ^b   Poyart, Claire ^c,d,e   Varon, Emmanuelle ^a   Gutmann, Laurent ^a,f  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

^f CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TET M PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ACINETOBACTER; ALGINATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 84866314269     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00939-12     Document Type: Article

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