Evolution of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae; the role of Streptococcus mitis in the formation of a low affinity PBP2B in S. pneumoniae

CG Dowson, TJ Coffey, C Kell… - Molecular …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Penicillin‐resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae possess forms of penicillin‐binding
proteins (PBPs) that have a low affinity for penicillin compared to those from penicillin …

Penicillin-resistant viridans streptococci have obtained altered penicillin-binding protein genes from penicillin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

CG DowsON, A Hutchison… - Proceedings of the …, 1990 - National Acad Sciences
Penicillin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae possess altered forms of penicillin-
binding proteins (PBPs) with decreased affinity for penicillin. The PBP2B genes of these …

Horizontal transfer of penicillin-binding protein genes in penicillin-resistant clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae.

CG Dowson, A Hutchison… - Proceedings of the …, 1989 - National Acad Sciences
Resistance to penicillin in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae has occurred by the
development of altered penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) that have greatly decreased …

Genetics of high level penicillin resistance in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

VA Barcus, K Ghanekar, M Yeo, TJ Coffey… - FEMS microbiology …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Mosaic penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) 1A, 2X and 2B genes were cloned from four clinical
isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with levels of susceptibility to penicillin ranging from …

Nucleotide sequences of the pbpX genes encoding the penicillin‐binding proteins 2x from Streptococcus pneumoniae R6 and a cefotaxime‐resistant mutant, C506

G Laible, R Hakenbeck, MA Sicard, B Joris… - Molecular …, 1989 - Wiley Online Library
Development of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is due to successive
mutations in penicillin‐binding proteins (PBPs) which reduce their affinity for β‐lactam …

Interspecies recombinational events during the evolution of altered PBP 2x genes in penicillin‐resistant clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

G Laible, BG Spratt, R Hakenbeck - Molecular microbiology, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Penicillin resistance in pneumococci is due to the appearance of high molecular‐weight
penicillin‐binding proteins (PBPs) that have reduced affinity for the antibiotic. We have …

Mosaic pbpX genes of major clones of penicillin‐resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae have evolved from pbpX genes of a penicillin‐sensitive Streptococcus oralis

C Sibold, J Henrichsen, A König, C Martin… - Molecular …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Penicillin‐resistant clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae contain mosaic penicillin‐
binding protein (PBP) genes that encode PBPs with decreased affinity for β‐lactam …

Alterations in penicillin-binding protein 2B from penicillin-resistant wild-type strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae

AM Smith, KP Klugman - Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
The 1.5-kb transpeptidase-encoding region (TER) of penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 2B was
amplified and sequenced from 18 penicillin-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae …

Relatedness of penicillin‐binding protein 1a genes from different clones of penicillin‐resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in South Africa and Spain.

C Martin, C Sibold, R Hakenbeck - The EMBO Journal, 1992 - embopress.org
Penicillin‐resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae have been common in South Africa
and Spain for several years. Multilocus enzyme electrophoresis identified one clone of …

Deletion analysis of the essentiality of penicillin-binding proteins 1A, 2B and 2X of Streptococcus pneumoniae

CM Kell, UK Sharma, CG Dowson… - FEMS microbiology …, 1993 - academic.oup.com
An internal fragment from each of the penicillinebinding protein (PBP) 1A, 2B and 2X genes
of Streptococcus pneumoniae, which included the region encoding the active-site serine …