Interaction of the GraRS two-component system with the VraFG ABC transporter to support vancomycin-intermediate resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on May 14, 2007

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Michael Meehl1, Silvia Herbert, Friedrich Götz, Ambrose Cheung

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.

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