Cloning and characterization of an aminoglycoside 6'-N- acetyltransferase gene from Citrobacter freundii which confers an altered resistance profile

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2439-2447

  Wu, H Y ^a   Miller, G H ^a   Guzman Blanco M ^b   Hare, R S ^a   Shaw, K J ^a,c  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad   (Venezuela)

^c MS 4700 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISEPAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030664755     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2439     Document Type: Article

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