Requirement of the VanY and VanX D,D-peptidases for glycopeptide resistance in enterococci

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 819-830

  Arthur, Michel ^a   Depardieu, Florence ^a   Cabanié, Lucien ^a,c   Reynolds, Peter ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDASE; ZINC ION;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CATIONS; DIPEPTIDASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; METALS; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SOLUBILITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FELIS CATUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031735098     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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