Enterococcus gallinarum N04-0414 harbors a VanD-type vancomycin resistance operon and does not contain a D-alanine:D-alanine 2 (ddl2) gene

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1067-1070

  Boyd, David A ^a   Miller, Mark A ^b   Mulvey, Michael R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ALANINE; LIGASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DDL2 GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33644649444     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.3.1067-1070.2006     Document Type: Article

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