Gene Review:
femB - methicillin resistance factor protein
Staphylococcus aureus RF122
- Survey of the methicillin resistance-associated genes mecA, mecR1-mecI, and femA-femB in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Hürlimann-Dalel, R.L., Ryffel, C., Kayser, F.H., Berger-Bächi, B. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1992)
- Synthesis of mosaic peptidoglycan cross-bridges by hybrid peptidoglycan assembly pathways in gram-positive bacteria. Arbeloa, A., Hugonnet, J.E., Sentilhes, A.C., Josseaume, N., Dubost, L., Monsempes, C., Blanot, D., Brouard, J.P., Arthur, M. J. Biol. Chem. (2004)
- Anchor structure of staphylococcal surface proteins. III. Role of the FemA, FemB, and FemX factors in anchoring surface proteins to the bacterial cell wall. Ton-That, H., Labischinski, H., Berger-Bächi, B., Schneewind, O. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Influence of femB on methicillin resistance and peptidoglycan metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. Henze, U., Sidow, T., Wecke, J., Labischinski, H., Berger-Bächi, B. J. Bacteriol. (1993)
- Comparative proteomics of Staphylococcus aureus and the response of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive strains to Triton X-100. Cordwell, S.J., Larsen, M.R., Cole, R.T., Walsh, B.J. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2002)
- Lif, the lysostaphin immunity factor, complements FemB in staphylococcal peptidoglycan interpeptide bridge formation. Tschierske, M., Ehlert, K., Strandén, A.M., Berger-Bächi, B. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (1997)
- Introduction of the mec element (methicillin resistance) into Staphylococcus aureus alters in vitro functional activities of fibrinogen and fibronectin adhesins. Vaudaux, P.E., Monzillo, V., Francois, P., Lew, D.P., Foster, T.J., Berger-Bächi, B. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1998)
- Identification of Staphylococcus aureus virulence genes in a murine model of bacteraemia using signature-tagged mutagenesis. Mei, J.M., Nourbakhsh, F., Ford, C.W., Holden, D.W. Mol. Microbiol. (1997)
- epr, which encodes glycylglycine endopeptidase resistance, is homologous to femAB and affects serine content of peptidoglycan cross bridges in Staphylococcus capitis and Staphylococcus aureus. Sugai, M., Fujiwara, T., Ohta, K., Komatsuzawa, H., Ohara, M., Suginaka, H. J. Bacteriol. (1997)
- Detection of mecA, femA, and femB genes in clinical strains of staphylococci using polymerase chain reaction. Kobayashi, N., Wu, H., Kojima, K., Taniguchi, K., Urasawa, S., Uehara, N., Omizu, Y., Kishi, Y., Yagihashi, A., Kurokawa, I. Epidemiol. Infect. (1994)
- Multiplex PCR for simultaneous identification of Staphylococcus aureus and detection of methicillin and mupirocin resistance. Pérez-Roth, E., Claverie-Martín, F., Villar, J., Méndez-Alvarez, S. J. Clin. Microbiol. (2001)