Sequences of small bla TEM-encoding plasmids in haemophilus influenzae and description of variants falsely negative for bla TEM by PCR

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2621-2625

  Tristram, Stephen G ^a   Franks, Lauren R ^a   Harvey, Gareth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

lactamases; TEM; Transposons

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; HELICASE; PRIMER DNA; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84867583713     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks264     Document Type: Article

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