Modulation of virulence within a pathogenicity island in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6890, 2002, Pages 746-750

  Shankar, Nathan ^a   Baghdayan, Arto S ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GENES;

PATHOGENICITY;

MICROORGANISMS;

CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; VANCOMYCIN;

DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMENSALISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037071849     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00802     Document Type: Article

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