Novel insights about class 2 integrons from experimental and genomic epidemiology

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 699-706

  Ramírez, María Soledad ^a   Piñeiro, Silvia ^b,c   Centrón, Daniela ^a   Kaufman, Sara ^d   Kovensky, Jaime ^e   Vay, Carlos ^f   Tokumoto, Marta ^g,h   Fernández, Analía ^g   Famiglietti, Angela ^f   Couto, Elsa ⁱ   Lopardo, Horacio ^j   Smayevsky, Jorgelina ^k   Almuzara, Marisa ^f   Procopio, Adriana ^l   Vázquez, Myriam ^l   Olivera, Nelda ^m   De Grossi, José ^a   Ferreiro, Mabel ⁿ   Flaibani, Marta ⁿ   Favre, Rosa ⁿ   Cassini, Marcelo Hernán ^o   Iglesias, Mercedes ^p   Di Martino, Ana ^q   Catalano, Mariana ^a   Vargas, Liliana Jordá ^r   De Paulis, Adriana ^s   Predari, Silvia ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

^e Hospital del Quemado   (Argentina)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^h Sanatorio Modelo Quilmes   (Argentina)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FRANCÉS   (Argentina)

^j HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^k CEMIC   (Argentina)

^l HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^m CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

ⁿ HOSPITAL DURAND   (Argentina)

^o DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^p Teodoro Alvarez Hospital   (Argentina)

^q Sanatorio de la Trinidad   (Argentina)

^r Laboratorio MANLAB   (Argentina)

^s INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOINFORMATICS; CLASS 2 INTEGRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; INTI2 GENE; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIUM; TNS GENE; TRANSPOSON; WATER SAMPLING;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 75749088507     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01392-08     Document Type: Article

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