The <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content> Methicillin Resistance Factor FmtA Is a <sc>d</sc>-Amino Esterase That Acts on Teichoic Acids
ABSTRACT The methicillin resistance factor encoded by fmtA is a core member of the Staphylococcus aureus cell wall stimulon, but its function has remained elusive for the past two decades. First identified as a factor that affects methicillin resistance in S. aureus strains, FmtA was later shown to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-03-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02070-15 |