Proteolysis of mecA Repressor Is Essential for Expression of Methicillin Resistance by Staphylococcus aureus

by Arêde, Pedro, Oliveira, Duarte C.
Published 2013

Multiplex PCR Strategy for Rapid Identification of Structural Types and Variants of the mec Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

by Oliveira, Duarte C., Lencastre, Hermínia de
Published 2002

Methicillin-Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Is Not Affected by the Overexpression in Trans of the mecA Gene Repressor: A Surprising Observation

by Oliveira, Duarte C., de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2011

Redefining the Role of the β-Lactamase Locus in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: β-Lactamase Regulators Disrupt the MecI-Mediated Strong Repression on mecA and Optimize...

by Arêde, Pedro, Ministro, Joana, Oliveira, Duarte C.
Published 2013

Redefining a Structural Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec, SCCmec Type VI

by Oliveira, Duarte C., Milheiriço, Catarina, de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2006

Update to the Multiplex PCR Strategy for Assignment of mec Element Types in Staphylococcus aureus

by Milheiriço, Catarina, Oliveira, Duarte C., de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2007

Update to the Multiplex PCR Strategy for Assignment of mec Element Types in Staphylococcus aureus

by Milheiriço, Catarina, Oliveira, Duarte C., de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2007

Genetic Organization of the Downstream Region of the mecA Element in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Carrying Different Polymorphisms of This Region

by Oliveira, Duarte C., Wu, Shang W., de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2000

The Anti-Repressor MecR2 Promotes the Proteolysis of the mecA Repressor and Enables Optimal Expression of β-lactam Resistance in MRSA

by Arêde, Pedro, Milheiriço, Catarina, de Lencastre, Hermínia, Oliveira, Duarte C.
Published 2012

Evidence for a purifying selection acting on the β-lactamase locus in epidemic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

by Milheiriço, Catarina, Portelinha, Ana, Krippahl, Ludwig, de Lencastre, Hermínia, Oliveira, Duarte C
Published 2011

Analysis of Typing Methods for Epidemiological Surveillance of both Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains

by Faria, Nuno A., Carrico, João A., Oliveira, Duarte C., Ramirez, Mário, de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2008

Associations between dru Types and SCCmec Cassettes

by Bartels, Mette D., Boye, Kit, Oliveira, Duarte C., Worning, Peder, Goering, Richard, Westh, Henrik
Published 2013

The evolution of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: Similarity of genetic backgrounds in historically early methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates and cont...

by Crisóstomo, M. Inês, Westh, Henrik, Tomasz, Alexander, Chung, Marilyn, Oliveira, Duarte C., de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2001

Structure-Function Studies of the Staphylococcal Methicillin Resistance Antirepressor MecR2

by Arêde, Pedro, Botelho, Tiago, Guevara, Tibisay, Usón, Isabel, Oliveira, Duarte C., Gomis-Rüth, F. Xavier
Published 2013

Partial Excision of the Chromosomal Cassette Containing the Methicillin Resistance Determinant Results in Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus

by Donnio, Pierre-Yves, Oliveira, Duarte C., Faria, Nuno A., Wilhelm, Nathalie, Le Coustumier, Alain, de Lencastre, Herminia
Published 2005

Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Rapid Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Typing

by Chen, Liang, Mediavilla, José R., Oliveira, Duarte C., Willey, Barbara M., de Lencastre, Herminia, Kreiswirth, Barry N.
Published 2009

Epidemiology of Emerging Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Denmark: a Nationwide Study in a Country with Low Prevalence of MRSA Infection

by Faria, Nuno A., Oliveira, Duarte C., Westh, Henrik, Monnet, Dominique L., Larsen, Anders R., Skov, Robert, de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2005

Identification of a Novel Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec, Type II.5, and Its Truncated Form by Insertion of Putative Conjugative Transposon Tn6012

by Han, Xiao, Ito, Teruyo, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Ma, Xiao Xue, Takasu, Michihiko, Uehara, Yoshio, Oliveira, Duarte C., de Lencastre, Hermínia, Hiramatsu, Keiichi
Published 2009

Structural and Functional Analyses Reveal That Staphylococcus aureus Antibiotic Resistance Factor HmrA Is a Zinc-dependent Endopeptidase

by Botelho, Tiago O., Guevara, Tibisay, Marrero, Aniebrys, Arêde, Pedro, Fluxà, Viviana S., Reymond, Jean-Louis, Oliveira, Duarte C., Gomis-Rüth, F. Xavier
Published 2011

Comparison of DNA Sequencing of the Protein A Gene Polymorphic Region with Other Molecular Typing Techniques for Typing Two Epidemiologically Diverse Collections of Methicillin-Res...

by Oliveira, Duarte C., Crisóstomo, Inês, Santos-Sanches, Ilda, Major, Peter, Alves, C. Rute, Aires-de-Sousa, Marta, Thege, Marianne K., de Lencastre, Hermínia
Published 2001