maoC

Summary

Gene Symbol: maoC
Description: MaoC domain-containing protein
Species: staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus col

Publications

  1. Genetic organization of the mecA region in methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus sciuri
    S Wu
    Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
    J Bacteriol 180:236-42
  2. The emergence and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    K Hiramatsu
    Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University, 2 1 1 Hongo Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8421, Japan
    Trends Microbiol 9:486-93
  3. Novel type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec identified in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains
    Xiao Xue Ma
    Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:1147-52
  4. Novel non-mecA-containing staphylococcal chromosomal cassette composite island containing pbp4 and tagF genes in a commensal staphylococcal species: a possible reservoir for antibiotic resistance islands in Staphylococcus aureus
    Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai
    Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:1823-36
  5. Novel type V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec driven by a novel cassette chromosome recombinase, ccrC
    Teruyo Ito
    Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2 1 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:2637-51
  6. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) characterization and molecular analysis for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and novel SCCmec subtype IVg isolated from bovine milk in Korea
    Nam Hoon Kwon
    Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Shillim Dong, Gwanak Gu, Seoul 151 742, Korea
    J Antimicrob Chemother 56:624-32
  7. Successful multiresistant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineage from Taipei, Taiwan, that carries either the novel Staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) type VT or SCCmec type IV
    Susan Boyle Vavra
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 43:4719-30

Scientific Experts

  • Keiichi Hiramatsu
  • Susan Boyle-Vavra
  • Robert S Daum
  • Teruyo Ito
  • Xiao Xue Ma
  • Nam Hoon Kwon
  • Susan Boyle Vavra
  • Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai
  • S Wu
  • Ben Ereshefsky
  • Soon Keun Hong
  • Woo Kyung Jung
  • Jin San Moon
  • Chih-Chien Wang
  • Yong Ho Park
  • Chih Chien Wang
  • Yi Seok Joo
  • Hye Cheung Koo
  • So Hyun Kim
  • Jun Man Kim
  • Kun Taek Park
  • Harumi Yuzawa
  • Susan Boyle
  • Trudy V Murphy
  • Fumihiko Takeuchi
  • Keiko Okuma
  • Piriyaporn Chongtrakool
  • Mantana Jamklang
  • Chuntima Tiensasitorn
  • H de Lencastre
  • A Tomasz

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. Genetic organization of the mecA region in methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus sciuri
    S Wu
    Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
    J Bacteriol 180:236-42
    ..aureus...
  2. The emergence and evolution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    K Hiramatsu
    Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University, 2 1 1 Hongo Bunkyo ku, Tokyo 113 8421, Japan
    Trends Microbiol 9:486-93
    ..aureus strains from the normal human flora into MRSA...
  3. Novel type of staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec identified in community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains
    Xiao Xue Ma
    Department of Bacteriology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 46:1147-52
    ..Consistent with the strains' susceptibilities to various non-beta-lactam antibiotics, the type IV SCCmec was devoid of any antibiotic resistance genes other than the mecA gene...
  4. Novel non-mecA-containing staphylococcal chromosomal cassette composite island containing pbp4 and tagF genes in a commensal staphylococcal species: a possible reservoir for antibiotic resistance islands in Staphylococcus aureus
    Kanokporn Mongkolrattanothai
    Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:1823-36
    ..In view of the fact that SCC-CI was found in a commensal species, it may represent a reservoir for sequences involved in genetic shuffling between staphylococci and may contribute to the diversity found in SCC elements...
  5. Novel type V staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec driven by a novel cassette chromosome recombinase, ccrC
    Teruyo Ito
    Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2 1 1 Hongo, Bunkyo ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:2637-51
    ..Unlike the extant SCCmec types, it carries a set of foreign genes encoding a restriction-modification system that might play a role in the stabilization of the element on the chromosome...
  6. Staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) characterization and molecular analysis for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and novel SCCmec subtype IVg isolated from bovine milk in Korea
    Nam Hoon Kwon
    Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Shillim Dong, Gwanak Gu, Seoul 151 742, Korea
    J Antimicrob Chemother 56:624-32
    ..CONCLUSIONS: MRSA isolated from bovine milk harboured a unique SCCmec subtype, and they may not be correlated with the emergence of CA-MRSA in human infection in Korea...
  7. Successful multiresistant community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineage from Taipei, Taiwan, that carries either the novel Staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) type VT or SCCmec type IV
    Susan Boyle Vavra
    Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 43:4719-30
    ..SCCmec V(T) is a novel SCCmec variant that is found in multiply resistant CAMRSA strains with sequence type 59 in Taipei in association with the PVL leukotoxin genes...