Discovery of a gene conferring multiple-aminoglycoside resistance in Escherichia coli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2666-2669

  Davis, Margaret A ^a   Baker, Katherine N K ^a   Orfe, Lisa H ^a   Shah, Devendra H ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Call, Douglas R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GENTAMICIN; HYGROMYCIN B; KANAMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77952601799     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01743-09     Document Type: Article

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