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The cell wall-targeting antibiotic stimulon of Enterococcus faecalis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Abranches Jacqueline, Tijerina Pamella, Avilés-Reyes Alejandro, Gaca Anthony O, Kajfasz Jessica K, Lemos José A
Abstract excerpt
Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic nosocomial pathogen that is highly resistant to a variety of environmental insults, including an intrinsic tolerance to antimicrobials that target the cell wall (CW). With the goal of determining the CW-stress stimulon of E. faecalis, the global transcriptional profile of E. faecalis OG1RF exposed to ampicillin, bacitracin, cephalotin or vancomycin was obtained via...
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