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TABLE 3.

Mutations detected in mecI gene and mecA promoter region of MRSA strains

Mutation group	MRSA strain(s)	Mutation in mecI gene		Mutation in mecA promoter region^a
Mutation group	MRSA strain(s)	Nucleotide position change	Codon change	Mutation in mecA promoter region^a
M1	SH20	43 (G→T)	Val15→Phe	None
M2	SH22	163 (A→T)	Lys55→stop codon	None
M3	SH15, SH19651	202 (C→T)	Gln68→stop codon	None
M4	SH212	202 (C→T)	Gln68→stop codon	C→A
M5	SH13	Deletion of 28 bases (28–55 or 29–56)^b	Stop codon after the 11th amino acid	None
M6	SH1, SH12, SH24, SH27, SH153, SH158, SH165, SH219, SH320, SH321, SH324, SH326, SH327	None	None	C→A
M7	SH155	None	None	G→A

Positions of nucleotide substitutions are shown in Fig. 2B.

Presumptive deleted sequence is indicated in Fig. 2A.