Molecular characterization of a carbapenem-hydrolyzing β-lactamase from Chryseobacterium (Flavobacterium) indologenes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-132

  Bellais, Samuel ^a   Léotard, Sophie ^a   Poirel, Laurent ^a   Naas, Thierry ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

lactamase; Carbapenemase; Chryseobacterium (Flavobacterium) indologenes; Metallo lactamase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; CLONING VECTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0345471398     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00594-1     Document Type: Article

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