vanG element insertions within a conserved chromosomal site conferring vancomycin resistance to Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus anginosus

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Sr inivasan, Velusamy ^a   Metcalf, Benjamin J ^a   Knipe, Kristen M ^b   Ouattara, Mahamoudou ^a   McGee, Lesley ^a   Shewmaker, Patricia L ^a   Glennen, Anita ^c   Nichols, Megin ^d   Harris, Carol ^e   Brimmage, Mary ^e   Ostrowsky, Belinda ^f   Park, Connie J ^f   Schrag, Stephanie J ^a   Frace, Michael A ^b   Sammons, Scott A ^b   Beall, Bernard ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Minnesota Department of Public Health   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RUMA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; VANG GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84908274745     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01386-14     Document Type: Article

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