Genetic analysis of bacteriocin 43 of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6955-6964

  Todokoro, Daisuke ^a   Tomita, Haruyoshi ^a   Inoue, Takako ^a   Ike, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOLOGY;

HYBRIDIZATION; LACTIC ACID; PLASMID DNA;

BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN BACA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; CYTOGENETICS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNITY; PLASMID; PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACA GENE; BACB GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 33750973385     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00934-06     Document Type: Article

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