| Literature DB >> 12270841 |
P K Martin1, Y Bao, E Boyer, K M Winterberg, L McDowell, M B Schmid, J M Buysse.
Abstract
The yycF1(Ts) mutation in Staphylococcus aureus conferred hypersensitivity to macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLS(B)) antibiotics on strains either containing or lacking ermB. The overexpression of the S. aureus Ssa protein restored the yycF1 mutant to wild-type levels of susceptibility. Inactivation of ssa in an unmutagenized strain dramatically reduced ermB-based resistance. Conditional loss of function or expression of ssa in the yycF1 mutant is proposed to result in the observed hypersensitivity to MLS(B) antibiotics.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12270841 PMCID: PMC139611 DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5810-5813.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490