Induction of β-lactamase production in Aeromonas hydrophila is responsive to β-lactam-mediated changes in peptidoglycan composition

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2327-2335

  Tayler, Amy E ^a   Ayala, Juan A ^b   Niumsup, Pannika ^a,d   Westphal, Katrin ^a,c   Baker, Jenny A ^a   Zhang, Lufei ^a   Walsh, Timothy R ^a,e   Wiedemann, Bernd ^c   Bennett, Peter M ^a   Avison, Matthew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BIRB; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSPOSON; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 77955347337     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.035220-0     Document Type: Article

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