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A New Resistance Gene, linB , Conferring Resistance to Lincosamides by Nucleotidylation in Enterococcus faecium HM1025
1 Apr 1999
Abstract excerpt
Resistance to lincomycin and clindamycin in the clinical isolate Enterococcus faecium HM1025 is due to a ribosomal methylase encoded by an ermAM-like gene and the plasmid-mediated inactivation of these antibiotics. We have cloned and determined the nucleotide sequence of the gene responsible for the inactivation of lincosamides, linB. This gene encodes a 267-amino-acid lincosamide nucleotidyltransferase. The...
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