Single-cell analysis of glycopeptide resistance gene expression in teicoplanin-resistant mutants of a VanB-type Enterococcus faecalis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Baptista, Marina ^a   Rodrigues, Pierre ^b   Depardieu, Florence ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Arthur, Michel ^a  

^a Unite des Agents Antibacteriens   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032910346     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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