New gene cassettes for trimethoprim resistance, dfr13, and streptomycin- spectinomycin resistance, aadA4, inserted on a class 1 integron

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 355-361

  Adrian, Peter V ^a,c   Thomson, Christopher J ^b   Klugman, Keith P ^a   Amyes, Sebastian G B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; INTEGRASE; ISOENZYME; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSPOSASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 0033958470     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.2.355-361.2000     Document Type: Article

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