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Antibiotics trigger initiation of SCCmec transfer by inducing SOS responses

The rise of antimicrobial resistance limits therapeutic options for infections by methicillin-resistant staphylococci. The staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) is a mobile genetic element as the only carrier of the methicillin-resistance determinants, the mecA or mecC gene. The use of ant...

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Autores principales: Liu, Pilong, Wu, Zhaowei, Xue, Huping, Zhao, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5397144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28334919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx153