Molecular diversity and evolution of bla(TEM) genes encoding β- lactamases resistant to clavulanic acid in clinical E. coli

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-65

  Caniça, Maria Manuela M ^a,b,c   Lu, Chang Y ^b   Krishnamoorthy, Rajagopal ^b   Paul, Gérard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin clavulanate resistance; bla(IRT); bla(TEM); Convergent evolution; RFLP linkage group; Sequence framework

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031023008     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006121     Document Type: Article

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