Stenotrophomonas maltophilia D457R contains a cluster of genes from gram-positive bacteria involved in antibiotic and heavy metal resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1778-1782

  Alonso, Ana ^a   Sanchez, Patricia ^a   Martínez, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CADMIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; METALS, HEAVY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033918343     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.7.1778-1782.2000     Document Type: Article

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