Characterization and modelling of VanT: a novel, membrane-bound, serine racemase from vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on March 01, 1999

Authors

C A Arias1, M Martín-Martinez, T L Blundell, M Arthur, P Courvalin, P E Reynolds

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1: Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. caa22@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

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