IreB, a Ser/Thr kinase substrate, influences antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6179-6186

  Hall, Cherisse L ^a   Tschannen, Michael ^a   Worthey, Elizabeth A ^a   Kristich, Christopher J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFADROXIL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLIC ACID; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; EUKARYOTIC LIKE SERINE THREONINE KINASE; KANAMYCIN; NISIN; NORFLOXACIN; PHOSPHOAMINO ACID; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DAMAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CEPHALOSPORINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84887458824     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01472-13     Document Type: Article

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