Sequencing and analysis of four new Enterobacter ampD alleles

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1953-1956

  Ehrhardt, Anton F ^a   Sanders, Christine C ^a   Romero, Jose R ^b   Leser, J Smith ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EID: 0029818248     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.8.1953     Document Type: Article

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