Recruitment of the mecA Gene Homologue of Staphylococcus sciuri into a Resistance Determinant and Expression of the Resistant Phenotype in Staphylococcus aureus

Strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become the most important causative agents of hospital-acquired diseases worldwide. The genetic determinant of resistance, mecA, is not a gene native to S. aureus but was acquired from an extraspecies source by an unknown mechanism....

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I publikationen:	J Bacteriol
Huvudupphov:	Wu, Shang Wei, de Lencastre, Herminia, Tomasz, Alexander
Materialtyp:	Artigo
Språk:	Inglês
Utgiven:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2001
Ämnen:	Genetics and Molecular Biology
Länkar:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC95156/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11274099/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/JB.183.8.2417-2424.2001
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