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Mutations affecting the Rossman fold of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase are correlated with low-level mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2002
Antonio Martin, McFerran Neil, Pallen Mark J
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The isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase (ileS) gene was sequenced in toto from 9 and in part from 31 Staphylococcus aureus strains with various degrees of susceptibility to mupirocin. All strains for which the mupirocin MIC was greater than 8 microg/ml contained point mutations affecting the Rossman fold v...
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