The Mechanism of Heterogeneous Beta-Lactam Resistance in MRSA: Key Role of the Stringent Stress Response

• Choonkeun Kim,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Michael Mwangi,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Marilyn Chung,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Catarina Milheirço,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Herminia de Lencastre,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

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• Alexander Tomasz

  * E-mail: tomasz@mail.rockefeller.edu

  Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

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