Molecular characterization of the BRO β-lactamase of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 966-972

  Bootsma, Hester J ^a   Van Dijk, Hans ^a   Verhoef, Jan ^a   Fleer, André ^a   Mooi, Frits R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; LIPOPROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0029983220     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.4.966     Document Type: Article

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