Whole-genome sequencing reveals a link between β-lactam resistance and synthetases of the alarmone (p)ppGpp in Staphylococcus aureus

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 153-159

  Mwangi, Michael M ^a,b   Kim, Choonkeun ^a   Chung, Marilyn ^a   Tsai, Jennifer ^c   Vijayadamodar, Govindan ^c,d   Benitez, Michelle ^c   Jarvie, Thomas P ^c   Du, Lei ^c   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c A Roche Company   (United States)

^d BioXcel Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; OXACILLIN; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LIGASES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXACILLIN;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84878284782     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: 19318448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2013.0053     Document Type: Article

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