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April 1, 2000Journal of Antimicrobial ChemotherapyOpen Access

Tn551-mediated insertional inactivation of the fmtB gene encoding a cell wall-associated protein abolishes methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

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HKHitoshi KomatsuzawaHiroshima UniversityKOKouji OhtaHiroshima UniversityMSMotoyuki SugaiHiroshima University

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f1e1d26a7f98052dbdd83https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/45.4.421
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