vanC cluster of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1660-1666

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDASE; LIGASE; RACEMASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034081093     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.6.1660-1666.2000     Document Type: Article

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