Integron-sequestered dihydrofolate reductase: a recently redeployed enzyme

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 236-242

  Alonso, Hernán ^a   Gready, Jill E ^a  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA AEROGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; INTEGRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

EID: 33745879777     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2006.03.003     Document Type: Review

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