DNA microarray-based identification of genes associated with glycopeptide resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on August 01, 2005

Authors

Longzhu Cui1, Jian-Qi Lian, Hui-Min Neoh, Ethel Reyes, Keiichi Hiramatsu

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. longzhu@med.juntendo.ac.jp

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