Identification and characterization of vanB2 glycopeptide resistance elements in enterococci isolated in Scotland

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2341-2348

  McGregor, K F ^a   Young, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033836131     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.9.2341-2348.2000     Document Type: Article

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