Sequence and characterization of a novel chromosomal aminoglycoside phosphotransferase gene, aph(3′)-IIb, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1254-1256

  Hächler, Herbert ^a   Santanam, Partha ^a   Kayser, Fritz H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; KANAMYCIN KINASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030008129     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.5.1254     Document Type: Article

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