Aminoglycoside 2'-N-acetyltransferase genes are universally present in mycobacteria: Characterization of the aac(2')-lc gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the aac(2')-ld gene from Mycobacterium smegmatis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 431-441

  Aínsa, José A ^a   Pérez, Esther ^a   Pelicic, Vladimir ^b   Berthet, François Xavier ^b   Gicquel, Brigitte ^b   Martín, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; LYSOZYME;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030950670     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3471717.x     Document Type: Article

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