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Characterization of the vanD glycopeptide resistance gene cluster from Enterococcus faecium BM4339.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 1999
Casadewall B, Courvalin P
Abstract excerpt
VanD-type resistance to glycopeptides in Enterococcus faecium BM4339 is due to constitutive synthesis of D-alanyl-D-lactate-terminating peptidoglycan precursors (B. Périchon, P. Reynolds, and P. Courvalin, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 41:2016-2018, 1997). The sequence of a 5,780-bp fragment was determined and revealed six open reading frames. The 3' distal part encoded the VanHD dehydrogenase, the VanD ligase,...
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