Characterization of the 6'-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene aac(6')-Il associated with sulI-type integron

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 314-318

  Hannecart Pokorni, Eleonora ^a   Depuydt, Freddy ^a   De Wit, Lucas ^a   Van Bossuyt, Eddie ^a   Content, Jean ^a   Vanhoof, Raymond ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; GENE PRODUCT; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031039996     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.2.314     Document Type: Article

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