Eleven novel OXA-51-like enzymes from clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii [1]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1137-1138

  Evans, B A ^a   Brown, S ^a   Hamouda, A ^a   Findlay, J ^a   Amyes, S G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 104; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 106; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 107; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 108; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 109; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 110; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 111; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 112; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 79; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 80; CARBAPENEMASE OXA 82; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE INSERTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 35148835702     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01828.x     Document Type: Letter

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