Article
Vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecalis clinical isolates and revertant mutants.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 1999
Van Bambeke F, Chauvel M, Reynolds P E, Fraimow H S, Courvalin P
Abstract excerpt
Three vancomycin-dependent clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis of the VanB type were studied by determining (i) the sequence of the ddl gene encoding the host D-Ala:D-Ala ligase and the vanSB-vanRB genes specifying the two-component regulatory system that activates transcription of the van...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cloning, Molecular
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Genotype
- Mutation
- Peptide Synthases
- Phenotype
- Teicoplanin
- Vancomycin