Molecular Cloning and DNA Sequencing of theStaphylococcus aureusUDP-N-Acetylmuramyl Tripeptide Synthetase (murE) Gene, Essential for the Optimal Expression of Methicillin Resistance
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Microbial Drug Resistance
- Vol. 4 (2) , 85-90
- https://doi.org/10.1089/mdr.1998.4.85
Abstract
The Tn551 insertion in mutant RUSA235 of a highly methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain results in drastic reduction in the level of methicillin resistance and abnormalities, both in the composition of the peptidoglycan and of the cell wall precursor pool. Cloning and sequencing of the inactivated gene indicates that it is the murE gene of Staphylococcus aureus.This publication has 46 references indexed in Scilit:
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