Restoration of vancomycin susceptibility in enterococcus faecalis by antiresistance determinant gene transfer

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 973-975

  Viera, C T ^a   Tsiodras, S ^a   Gold, H S ^a   Coakley, E P G ^a   Wennersten, C ^a   Eliopoulos, G M ^a   Moellering R C , Jr ^a   Inouye, R T ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN VANA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CASSETTE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; TRANSACTIVATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035118597     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.3.973-975.2001     Document Type: Article

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