Two different β-lactamase genes are present in Streptomycees cacaoi |
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| Authors: | Juana Magdalena Mats Forsman Mauro V Lenzini Alain Brans Jean Dusart |
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| Institution: | Section of Genetics, Institut de Chimie, Liège, Belgium. |
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| Abstract: | Two beta-lactamase genes called blaL and blaU have been cloned independently in Liège and in Ume?, from Streptomyces cacaoi. Genes blaL and blaU were found to differ largely in their nucleotide sequences, although the encoded proteins both belonged to the class A of beta-lactamases (active-site serine penicillinases). DNA-hybridization and polymerase chain reaction assays have now demonstrated that both blaL and blaU genes were present in the S. cacaoi strains used in Liège and in Ume?. |
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| Keywords: | DNA hybridization β-Lactamase Polymerase chain reaction Streptomyces cacaoi |
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