Gene vanXY(c) encodes D,D-dipeptidase (VanX) and D,D-carboxypeptidase (VanY) activities in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 341-349

  Reynolds, Peter E ^a   Arias, Cesar A ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDASE; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PLASMID DNA; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE TRANSPEPTIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VANC PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VANX DIPEPTIDASE; VANY PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; HYDROLYSIS; METAL BINDING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032585993     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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