Identification of ABC transporters in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium as potential targets for antibody therapy

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-189

  Burnie, James ^a,b   Carter, Tracey ^b   Rigg, Gordon ^b   Hodgetts, Samantha ^b   Donohoe, Michael ^b   Matthews, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABC transporter; Therapeutic antibody; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIALYSATE; DRUG TARGETING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPITOPE MAPPING; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037067607     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2002.tb00589.x     Document Type: Article

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