Tandem amplification of a 28-kilobase region from the Yersinia enterocolitica chromosome containing the blaA gene

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 682-688

  Seoane, Asunción ^a   Sánchez, Emilia ^a   García Lobo, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); GYRASE INHIBITOR; NOVOBIOCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LACTAMS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHENOTYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0037311185     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.682-688.2003     Document Type: Article

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