Deoxyribonuleic acid mediates sensitization of penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus.
An extract, which contained deoxyribonucleic acid, from a penicillin-sensitive hospital strain of Staphylococcus aureus conferred the property of sensitivity upon a penicillin-resistant strain of the same species, with the phage type of the sensitized S. aureus remaining unchanged after transformation.
D004247:DNA / Q000494:pharmacology*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D010406:Penicillins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus
D010406:Penicillins; D004247:DNA
DESOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID/pharmacology; PENICILLIN/pharmacology; STAPHYLOCOCCUS/pharmacology