VanD-type glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium BM4339

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2016-2018

  Perichon, Bruno ^a   Reynolds, Peter ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; GLYCOSYLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

EID: 0030779928     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.9.2016     Document Type: Article

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