Aminoglycoside 6'-N-acetyltransferase variants of the Ib type with altered substrate profile in clinical isolates of Enterobacter cloacae and Citrobacter freundii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 209-215

  Casin, Isabelle ^a,b   Bordon, Florence ^b,e   Bertin, Philippe ^c   Coutrot, Anne ^b   Podglajen, Isabelle ^b   Brasseur, Robert ^d   Collatz, Ekkehard ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; 6' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; ISEPAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NETILMICIN; SISOMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DRUG ACETYLATION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031938055     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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