The role of ISAba1 in expression of OXA carbapenemase genes in Acinetobacter baumannii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-77

  Turton, Jane F ^a   Ward, M Elaina ^a   Woodford, Neil ^a   Kaufmann, Mary E ^a   Pike, Rachel ^a   Livermore, David M ^a   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Insertion sequence; OXA carbapenemase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEMASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33645471162     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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