Relative strengths of the class 1 integron promoter hybrid 2 and the combinations of strong and hybrid 1 with an active P2 promoter

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 277-280

  Papagiannitsis, Costas C ^a   Tzouvelekis, Leonidas S ^b   Miriagou, Vivi ^a  

^a HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFACLOR; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GES 1 ENZYME; PIPERACILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; INTEGRONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 59749093774     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00912-08     Document Type: Article

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