Induction signals for vancomycin resistance encoded by the vanA gene cluster in Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1645-1648

  Lai, Margaret H ^a   Kirsch, Donald R ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AO 341BETA; AVOPARCIN; BACITRACIN; BAMBERMYCIN; METICILLIN; MOXIDECTIN; NOVOBIOCIN; POLYMYXIN B; RISTOCETIN; ROBENIDINE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CLUSTER; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SENSOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0029922640     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.7.1645     Document Type: Article

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