Presence of sfrA-sfrb gene within a streptomycin-resistance operon in a clinical isolate of Shigella flexneri

Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-358

  Shaw, Pang Chui ^a   Liang, Anthony C T ^a   Kam, Kai Man ^b   Ling, Julia M ^a,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Shigella; strA; strB

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SISOMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030424529     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029600169344     Document Type: Article

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