The mazEF Toxin-antitoxin system alters the β-lactam susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Schuster, Christopher F ^a,b   Mechler, Lukas ^a   Nolle, Nicoletta ^a,c   Krismer, Bernhard ^a   Zelder, Marc Eric ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a   Bertram, Ralph ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; DAPTOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; VANCOMYCIN; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA LACTAM; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAZE PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAZEF GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RSBW GENE; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BETA-LACTAMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84930637496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126118     Document Type: Article

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