Prodigious substrate specificity of AAC(6')-APH(2''), an aminoglycoside antibiotic resistance determinant in enterococci and staphylococci

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-110

  Daigle, Denis M ^a   Hughes, Donald W ^b   Wright, Gerard D ^a  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside; Antibiotic resistance; Regiospecificity

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033080180     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80006-4     Document Type: Article

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