In vitro antibacterial activity of vertilmicin and its susceptibility to modifications by the recombinant AAC(6′)-APH(2″) enzyme

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3875-3882

  Li, Cong Ran ^a   Yang, Xin Yi ^a   Lou, Ren Hui ^a   Zhang, Wei Xin ^a   Wang, Yue Ming ^a   Yuan, Min ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Chen, Hui Zhen ^a   Hong, Bin ^a   Sun, Cheng Hang ^a   Zhao, Li Xun ^a   Li, Zhuo Rong ^a   Jiang, Jian Dong ^a   You, Xue Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; NETILMICIN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERDAMYCIN; VERTILMICIN;

ACETYLATION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 55849140515     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01400-07     Document Type: Article

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