Novel 3-N-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene, aac(3)-Ic, from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa integron

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1746-1748

  Riccio, Maria Letizia ^a   Docquier, Jean Denis ^a   Dell'Amico, Emanuela ^a   Luzzaro, Francesco ^b   Amicosante, Gianfranco ^c   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; GENE PRODUCT; GENTAMICIN; ISEPAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; SISOMICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

3 N AMINOGLYCOSIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE GENE; AAC(3) IA GENE; AAC(3) IB GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLA VIM 2 GENE; CMLA7 GENE; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0038673362     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.5.1746-1748.2003     Document Type: Article

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