Detection of genetic elements carrying glycopeptide resistance clusters in Enterococcus by DNA microarrays

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-167

  Cassone, Marco ^a,b   Del Grosso, Maria ^c   Pantosti, Annalisa ^c   Giordano, Antonio ^b   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Temple University   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetic element; Glycopeptide; Microarrays; Resistance; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA PROBE; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC SCREENING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPEPTIDES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 43049092950     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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