Specificity of induction of glycopeptide resistance genes in Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2291-2295

  Baptista, Marina ^a   Depardieu, Florence ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Arthur, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; CYCLOSERINE; DIPEPTIDASE; LIGASE; PENICILLIN G; PLASMID DNA; RAMOPLANIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029797528     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2291     Document Type: Article

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