Pathogenicity Island: Type-I SCCmec


• General information

Name : Type-I SCCmec
Host strain : Staphylococcus aureus NCTC10442
Function : Methicillin resistance
Insertion site : -


• GenBank accessions: 1 records

1) AB033763 (39332 bp)

    Definition : Staphylococcus aureus DNA, type-I staphylococccal cassette chromosome mec: strain NCTC10442.

    Publication :
    - Ito,T., Katayama,Y., Asada,K., Mori,N., Tsutsumimoto,K., Tiensasitorn,C. and Hiramatsu,K., "Structural comparison of three types of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec integrated in the chromosome in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus", Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 45 (5), 1323-1336 (2001) PUBMED 11302791 REMARK Erratum:[Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001 Dec;45(12):3677].

    - Ito,T., Okuma,K., Ma,X.X., Yuzawa,H. and Hiramatsu,K., "Insights on antibiotic resistance of Staphylococcus aureus from its whole genome: genomic island SCC", Drug Resist. Updat. 6 (1), 41-52 (2003) PUBMED 12654286.

    - Ito,T., Hiramatsu,K., Asada,K., Mori,N. and Sawada,A., "Direct Submission", Submitted (23-OCT-1999) Contact:Teruyo Ito Juntendo University, Department of Bacteriology; Hongo 2-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan.