Diversity of gene cassette promoter variants of class 1 integrons in uropathogenic escherichia coli

Current Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 543-549

  Wei, Quhao ^a,b   Jiang, Xiaofei ^a   Li, Min ^a   Li, Gang ^c   Hu, Qingfeng ^b   Lu, Huoxiang ^b   Chen, Guoqiang ^b   Zhou, Yonglie ^b   Lu, Yuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84885850100     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0399-1     Document Type: Article

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