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Expression and inducibility in Staphylococcus aureus of the mecA gene, which encodes a methicillin-resistant S. aureus-specific penicillin-binding protein

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Ubukata, K, Nonoguchi, R, Matsuhashi, M, Konno, M·1989·Journal of Bacteriology

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A beta-lactam-sensitive strain of Staphylococcus aureus could be converted to methicillin resistance by the introduction of a plasmid carrying the 4.3-kilobase HindIII chromosomal DNA fragment which encoded the mecA gene from a methicillin-resistant S. aureus. Transformant cells produced methicillin-resistant S. aureus-specific penicillin-binding protein constitutively, and additional insertion of an inducible penicillinase plasmid caused production of the pencillin-binding protein to become inducible.

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Authors
Ubukata, K., Nonoguchi, R., Matsuhashi, M., & Konno, M.
Venue
Journal of Bacteriology
Published
1989-05
Volume
171
Issue
5
Pages
2882-2885
ISSN
  • 0021-9193 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5530
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247
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Language
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Ubukata, K., Nonoguchi, R., Matsuhashi, M., & Konno, M. (1989). Expression and inducibility in Staphylococcus aureus of the mecA gene, which encodes a methicillin-resistant S. aureus-specific penicillin-binding protein. Journal of Bacteriology. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.171.5.2882-2885.1989

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