AmpC promoter and attenuator mutations affect function of three escherichia coli strains

Current Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-247

  Yu, Wang ^a   Bing, Liu ^a   Zhenhua, Li ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AmpC lactamases; Genes; Promoter and attenuator

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; SULPERAZON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68849096798     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9426-7     Document Type: Article

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