Mutations leading to increased levels of resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in VanB-type enterococci

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-105

  Baptista, Marina ^a   Depardieu, Florence ^a   Reynolds, Peter ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Arthur, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0030796911     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4401812.x     Document Type: Article

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