Cloning and characterization of bla(VIM), a new integron-borne metallo- β-lactamase gene from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1584-1590

  Lauretti, Laura ^a   Riccio, Maria Letizia ^a   Mazzariol, Annarita ^b   Cornaglia, Giuseppe ^b   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^c   Fontana, Roberta ^b   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; PLASMID VECTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEMASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032587031     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1584     Document Type: Article

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