dfrA20, a novel trimethoprim resistance gene from Pasteurella multocida

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 414-417

  Kehrenberg, Corinna ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN DFRA20; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DFRA20 GENE; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

EID: 11244322193     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.1.414-417.2005     Document Type: Article

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