UV light induces transposition of blaz gene resulting in high expression of β-lactamase in a clinical isolate of staphylococcus aureus sensitive to ampicillin

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 609-616

  Prasad, O Hari ^c   Nagarjuna, V ^c   Prasanna, Ch Lakshmi ^c   Vasu, D ^c   Yugandhar, V G ^c   Prasad, U Venkatesh ^c   Rao, P V L N Srinivas ^b   Chaudhary, Abhijit ^a   Reddy, O V S ^b   Sarma, P V G K ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

lactamase; Nitrocefin; PVGKS 1; Staphylococcus aureus; Tn552

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLAZ GENE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 83455170628     PISSN: 09737510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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