Exposing a chink in the armor of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 46, 2012, Pages 18637-18638

  Sutcliffe, Iain C ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; POLYMER; TEICHOIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84869206644     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216817109     Document Type: Note

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