Biochemical characterization of the carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamase AsbM1 from Aeromonas sobria AER 14M: A member of a novel subgroup of metallo-β-lactamases

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Yang, Youjun ^a   Bush, Karen ^a  

^a WYETH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas sobria; carbapenem; metalloenzyme; lactamase

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029935951     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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