Purification and characterization of the VanB ligase associated with type B vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis V583

Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Vancomycin and Teicoplanin in Enterococcus Faecium

1988 • 1,441 citations

Genetics and mechanisms of glycopeptide resistance in enterococci

1993 • 677 citations

Structure, biochemistry and mechanism of action of glycopeptide antibiotics

1989 • 671 citations

Molecular basis for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium BM4147: biosynthesis of a depsipeptide peptidoglycan precursor by vancomycin resistance proteins VanH and VanA

1991 • 640 citations

The VanS-VanR two-component regulatory system controls synthesis of depsipeptide peptidoglycan precursors in Enterococcus faecium BM4147

1992 • 327 citations

Identification of vancomycin resistance protein VanA as a D-alanine:D-alanine ligase of altered substrate specificity

1991 • 223 citations

Modification of peptidoglycan precursors is a common feature of the low-level vancomycin-resistant VANB-type Enterococcus D366 and of the naturally glycopeptide-resistant species Lactobacillus casei, Pediococcus pentosaceus, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, and Enterococcus gallinarum

1994 • 172 citations

Analysis of genes encoding D-alanine-D-alanine ligase-related enzymes in Enterococcus casseliflavus and Enterococcus flavescens

1994 • 160 citations

The vanB Gene Confers Various Levels of Self-Transferable Resistance to Vancomycin in Enterococci

1993 • 155 citations

Sequence of the vanC gene of Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174 encoding a d-alanine:d-alanine ligase-related protein necessary for vancomycin resistance

1992 • 149 citations

Inducible Resistance to Vancomycin in Enterococcus faecium D366

1989 • 147 citations

Purification and characterization of VanR and the cytosolic domain of VanS: A two-component regulatory system required for vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium BM4147

1993 • 140 citations

Evidence for in vivo incorporation of D-lactate into peptidoglycan precursors of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

1992 • 132 citations

Analysis of peptidoglycan precursors in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174

1994 • 116 citations

The Enzymatic Synthesis of d-Alanyl-d-alanine

1962 • 104 citations

The cytoplasmic peptidoglycan precursor of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis terminates in lactate

1992 • 95 citations

Sequence of the vanB and ddl genes encoding d-alanine:d-lactate and d-alanine:d-alanine ligases in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis V583

1994 • 87 citations

Isolation, cloning, and sequencing of the Salmonella typhimurium ddlA gene with purification and characterization of its product, D-alanine:D-alanine ligase (ADP forming)

1988 • 64 citations