New integron-associated gene cassette encoding a trimethoprim-resistant DfrB-type dihydrofolate reductase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2863-2865

  Levings, Renee S ^a,b   Lightfoot, Diane ^c   Elbourne, Liam D H ^d   Djordjevic, Steven P ^a   Hall, Ruth M ^d  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CHICKENS; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEROTYPING; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE;

EID: 33746903154     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00449-06     Document Type: Article

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