Complete sequence of p07-406, a 24,179-base-pair plasmid harboring the blaVIM-7 metallo-β-lactamase gene in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate from the United States

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3099-3105

  Li, Hongyang ^a   Toleman, Mark A ^b   Bennett, Peter M ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^c   Walsh, Timothy R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE PAIRING; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50949131890     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01093-07     Document Type: Article

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