Putative VanRS-like two-component regulatory system associated with the inducible glycopeptide resistance cluster of Paenibacillus popilliae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2625-2633

  Fraimow, Henry ^a,c   Knob, Christopher ^a   Herrero, Inmaculada A ^b,d   Patel, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^c Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CYCLOSERINE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; DEXTRO ALANINE:DEXTRO LACTATE LIGASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LIGASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TEICOPLANIN; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAENIBACILLUS; PAENIBACILLUS POPILLIAE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SOIL; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANF GENE; VANRS GENE; VANY Z H FX GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 21444436742     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.7.2625-2633.2005     Document Type: Article

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