Mutation of RNA polymerase β-subunit gene promotes heterogeneous-to-homogeneous conversion of β-lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4861-4871

  Aiba, Yoshifumi ^a   Katayama, Yuki ^a   Hishinuma, Tomomi ^a   Murakami Kuroda, Hiroko ^a   Cui, Longzhu ^a,b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; DAPTOMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84884269815     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00720-13     Document Type: Article

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