Cloning of the Staphylococcus aureus ddh gene encoding NAD+-dependent D-lactate dehydrogenase and insertional inactivation in a glycopeptide- resistant isolate

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6756-6763

  Boyle Vavra, Susan ^a   De Jonge, Boudewijn L M ^b,c   Ebert, Christine C ^a   Daum, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030696219     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6756-6763.1997     Document Type: Article

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