title: Molecular characterization of the OXA-7 beta-lactamase gene.
abstract: The OXA-7 gene, which encodes an oxacillinase, was cloned from plasmid pMG202 of Escherichia coli isolate 7181 (A. A. Medeiros, M. Cohenford, and G. A. Jacoby, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 27:715-719, 1985) and sequenced. The nucleotide sequence of the OXA-7 gene was closely related to that of the OXA-10 (PSE-2) gene, with a derived amino acid sequence of the OXA-7 enzyme showing greater than 95% homology with those of OXA-10 and OXA-11.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Parasitology, Zoonoses and Geographical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion-Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scoulica
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aransay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tselentis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000032:analysis*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D001618:beta-Lactamases