Induction of a class I beta-lactamase from Citrobacter freundii in Escherichia coli requires active ftsZ but not ftsA or ftsQ products.

doi:10.1128/AAC.35.11.2359

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Induction of a class I beta-lactamase from Citrobacter freundii in Escherichia coli requires active ftsZ but not ftsA or ftsQ products.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 1991

Ottolenghi A C, Ayala J A

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A possible connection between septation/division and induction of cloned ampC beta-lactamase was investigated. When a ftsZ84(Ts) mutant of Escherichia coli carrying ampR-ampC from Citrobacter freundii was grown at the restrictive temperature (42 degrees C), induction of beta-lactamase by cefoxiti...

Topics

Citrobacter freundii
Enzyme Induction
Escherichia coli
Genotype
Penicillinase
Plasmids

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