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A novel resistance mechanism against beta-lactams in Streptococcus pneumoniae involves CpoA, a putative glycosyltransferase.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1997
Grebe T, Paik J, Hakenbeck R
Abstract excerpt
Piperacillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae was mediated by mutations in a novel gene, cpoA, that also confer transformation deficiency and a decrease in penicillin-binding protein la. cpoA is part of an operon located downstream of the primary sigma factor of S. pneumoniae. The deduced protein, CpoA, and the peptide encoded by the adjacent 3' open reading frame contained domains homologous to...
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