Requirement of the VanY and VanX D,D‐peptidases for glycopeptide resistance in enterococci
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- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 30 (4) , 819-830
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01114.x
Abstract
Transposon Tn1546 confers resistance to glycopeptide antibiotics in enterococci and encodes two D,D‐peptidases (VanX and VanY) in addition to the enzymes for the synthesis of D‐alanyl‐D‐lactate (D‐Al...Keywords
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