bla NDM-1 is a chimera likely constructed in Acinetobacter baumannii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2773-2776

  Toleman, M A ^a   Spencer, J ^b   Jones, L ^a   Walsha, T R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

5' FLANKING REGION; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84860159926     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06297-11     Document Type: Article

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