Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the AmpC β-lactamase of Morganella morganii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-20

  Barnaud, Guilène ^a   Arlet, Guillaume ^a   Danglot, Claude ^b   Philippon, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b CRECEP   (France)

Author keywords

lactamase; ampC gene; Morganella morganii

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031105430     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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