Characterization of a new staphylococcal gene, vgaB, encoding a putative ABC transporter conferring resistance to streptogramin A and related compounds

Gene

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 133-138

  Allignet, Jeanine ^a   El Solh, Névine ^a  

^a World Health Organisation Collaborating Center for Foodborne Listeriosis   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Dalfopristin quinupristin; Plasmid; Pristinamycin; Virginiamycin

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DALFOPRISTIN; GLUTAMINE; PLASMID DNA; VIRGINIAMYCIN M;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030782614     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00464-2     Document Type: Article

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