Regulation of VanB-type vancomycin resistance gene expression by the VanSB-VanRB two-component regulatory system in Enterococcus faecalis V583

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1302-1309

  Evers, Stefan ^a,b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOGLYCAN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIPEPTIDASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEICOPLANIN; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029863413     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1302-1309.1996     Document Type: Article

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