Article
[MRSA--detection of mecA and its regulatory genes].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Nov 1993
Kagawa S, Yamashita K, Matsuoka A
Abstract excerpt
Methicillin resistance in S.aureus and S.epidermidis strains is primarily due to production of a new penicillin-binding protein PBP2' with extremely low binding affinity to most beta-lactam antibiotics. The structural gene for PBP2', mecA, is detectable in clinical specimens by using the polymera...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genes, Regulator
- Methicillin Resistance
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus epidermidis