Multiple mobile promoter regions for the rare carbapenem resistance gene of Bacteroides fragilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3531-3535

  Podglajen, I ^a   Breuil, J ^b   Rohaut, A ^a   Monsempes, C ^a   Collatz, E ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035036957     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.11.3531-3535.2001     Document Type: Article

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