Characterization of two newly identified genes, vgaD and vatG, conferring resistance to streptogramin A in Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4744-4749

  Jung, Young Hee ^a   Shin, Eun Shim ^a   Kim, Okgene ^a   Yoo, Jung Sik ^a   Lee, Kyeong Min ^a   Yoo, Jae Il ^a   Chung, Gyung Tae ^a   Lee, Yeong Seon ^a  

^a Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACYLTRANSFERASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DALFOPRISTIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN VATG; PROTEIN VGAD; QUINUPRISTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOGRAMIN A;

EID: 78049232792     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00798-09     Document Type: Article

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