Characterization of the penA and penR genes of Burkholderia cepacia 249 which encode the chromosomal class A penicillinase and its LysR-type transcriptional regulator

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2399-2405

  Trépanier, Sonia ^a   Prince, Alice ^b   Huletsky, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; IMIPENEM; NITROCEFIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHROMOSOME; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LUNG INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0343683423     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.11.2399     Document Type: Article

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