Identification of a novel fosfomycin-resistant UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase (MurA) from a soil metagenome

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-278

  Cheng, Gong ^a,b   Hu, Yongfei ^a   Lu, Na ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Wang, Zhiyun ^a   Chen, Quanze ^a   Zhu, Baoli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fosfomycin resistance; Metagenomics; Soil; UDP N acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; SOILS;

FOSFOMYCIN; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; METAGENOMICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; NOVEL PROTEINS; SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFUROMONAS; DESULFUROMONAS ACETOXIDANS DSM 684; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872820461     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-012-1074-5     Document Type: Article

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