Identification of a metagenomic gene cluster containing a new class A beta-lactamase and toxin-antitoxin systems

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 674-683

  Vercammen, Ken ^a   Garcia Armisen, Tamara ^b   Goeders, Nathalie ^b   Van Melderen, Laurence ^b   Bodilis, Josselin ^c   Cornelis, Pierre ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

lactamase; Antibiotic resistance; Metagenomic DNA; Toxin antitoxin systems

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; HISTIDINE; PIPERACILLIN; TICARCILLIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BLAA GENE; CLASS A BETA LACTAMASE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA RESTRICTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HISC GENE; HISD GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELA SPOT GENE; RELBE GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSON; WATER POLLUTION;

Β-LACTAMASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; METAGENOMIC DNA; TOXIN-ANTITOXIN SYSTEMS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BELGIUM; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84897112879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.104     Document Type: Article

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