Serine and alanine racemase activities of VanT: A protein necessary for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1727-1734

  Arias, Cesar A ^a,b   Weisner, Jan ^a   Blackburn, Jonathan M ^a   Reynolds, Peter E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

D serine; Enterococcus gallinarum; Racemases; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALANINE RACEMASE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEXTRO ALANINE; DIMER; HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RACEMASE; SERINE; SERINE RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033909553     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1727     Document Type: Article

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