VanD-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium 10/96A

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-18

  Depardieu, Florence ^a   Reynolds, Peter E ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLALANYL LIGASE; ALANYLLACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDASE; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIGASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME BINDING; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STOP CODON; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLASMIDS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 12244262312     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.1.7-18.2003     Document Type: Article

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