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AmpN-AmpG operon is essential for expression of L1 and L2 beta-lactamases in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2010
Huang Yi-Wei, Lin Cheng-Wen, Hu Rouh-Mei, Lin Yu-Tzu, Chung Tung-Ching, Yang Tsuey-Ching
Abstract excerpt
AmpG is an inner membrane permease which transports products of murein sacculus degradation from the periplasm into the cytosol in Gram-negative bacteria. This process is linked to induction of the chromosomal ampC beta-lactamase gene in some members of the Enterobacteriaceae and in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this study, the ampG homologue of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KJ was analyzed. The ampG homologue and...
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