The vanB gene of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583 is structurally related to genes encoding D-Ala:D-Ala ligases and glycopeptide-resistance proteins VanA and VanC - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 1993 Feb 14;124(1):143-4.

doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90779-3.

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• PMID: 8440477
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90779-3

Comparative Study

The vanB gene of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583 is structurally related to genes encoding D-Ala:D-Ala ligases and glycopeptide-resistance proteins VanA and VanC

S Evers et al. Gene. 1993.

Abstract

We report the cloning and sequencing of a 632-bp amplified fragment internal to the vanB gene of vancomycin-resistant (VmR) Enterococcus (En.) faecalis V583. The DNA fragment hybridized to VmR strains of En. faecium and En. faecalis, but not to their susceptible derivatives.

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