Integrase-Mediated Recombination of the veb1 Gene Cassette Encoding an Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Aubert, Daniel ^a   Naas, Thierry ^a   Nordmann, Patrice ^a  

^a Associated French National Reference Center for Antibiotic Resistance: Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; INTEGRASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AADB GENE; ARTICLE; ATTC GENE; ATTL1 GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTEGRON; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VEB1 GENE;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84870871259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051602     Document Type: Article

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