Protein determinants of dissemination and host specificity of metallo-β-lactamases
Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) confer resistance to carbapenem antibiotics. Here, López et al. show that the host range of MBLs depends on the efficiency of MBL signal peptide processing and secretion into outer membrane vesicles, which affects bacterial fitness.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11615-w |