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Staphylococcus aureus penicillin-binding protein 4 and intrinsic beta-lactam resistance.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 1995
Henze U U, Berger-Bächi B
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Increased levels of production of penicillin-binding protein PBP 4 correlated with in vitro acquired intrinsic beta-lactam resistance in a mutant derived from a susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus, strain SG511 Berlin. Truncation of the PBP 4 C-terminal membrane anchor abolished the PBP 4 content of cell membrane preparations as well as the resistance phenotype. A single nucleotide change and a...
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