Peptidoglycan composition of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-229

  De Jonge, Boudewijn L M ^a   Gage, D ^b   Handwerger, S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; LYSINE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029980878     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.225     Document Type: Article

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