The functional vanGCd cluster of Clostridium difficile does not confer vancomycin resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 612-625

  Ammam, Fariza ^a   Meziane cherif, Djalal ^b   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^c   Blanot, Didier ^c   Patin, Delphine ^c   Boneca, Ivo G ^b,d   Courvalin, Patrice ^b   Lambert, Thierry ^a   Candela, Thomas ^a  

^a University Paris Sud   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDASE; LIGASE; MUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN PRECURSOR; RACEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; VANC PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS; VANG PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

AMIDATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANG GENE; VANT GENE; VANXY GENE; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIGENE FAMILY; BACTERIA; DRUG EFFECTS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; TETRA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84881556623     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12299     Document Type: Article

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