Vancomycin resistance plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis that encodes sensitivity to a sex pheromone also produced by Staphylococcus aureus

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Showsh, SA
De Boever, EH
Clewell, DB [1 ]
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[1] Univ Michigan, Sch Dent, Dept Biol & Mat Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Sch Dent, Dept Microbiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[4] Univ Michigan, Sch Med, Dept Biol & Mat Sci, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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10.1128/AAC.45.7.2177-2178.2001
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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页码:2177 / 2178
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