| Literature DB >> 21098239 |
Pablo Ravasi1, Adriana S Limansky, Ramiro E Rodriguez, Alejandro M Viale, María A Mussi.
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ISAba825, an insertion sequence found inactivating Acinetobacter baumannii carO, was tagged with a kanamycin (Kn) resistance cassette. ISAba825::Kn effectively transposed in A. baumannii, showing preference for short, AT-enriched target sequences, generating 6- to 9-bp target duplications. Additionally, we detected the presence of ISAba825 upstream of a plasmid-borne bla(OXA-58) gene, generating a hybrid promoter largely enhancing its expression and leading to carbapenem resistance. Overall, a role for ISAba825 in carbapenem resistance modulation in A. baumannii is proposed.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 21098239 PMCID: PMC3028783 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00491-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191