Research Article

The Structure of ampG Gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Its Effect on Drug Resistance

Table 1

Bacterial strains and plasmids.

Strains or plasmidsRelevant characteristic (s)

Strains
E. coli JM109endA1 hsdR17 supE44 thi-1 recA1 gyrA96 relA1 (argF-lacZYA) U169 80dlacZ
PA01Reference strain; genome completely sequenced
PA01ΔampGampG (PA4393) deleted PA0114

Plasmids
pMD18-ampG1-35pMD18 vectors carrying ampGs of 35 wild type P. aeruginosa strains, respectively (this work)
pMD18-ampGPApMD18 vector carrying ampG of PA01 (this work)
pUCP24pUC18-derived broad-host-range vector; Gmr
pUCP24-ampG1-35ampG genes from pMD18-ampG1-35 cloned into pUCP24, respectively; Gmr (this work)
pUCP24-ampGPAampG gene of pMD18-ampGPA cloned into pUCP24; Gmr (this work)
pUCP24-ampGmutpUCP24 vector carrying site-directedly mutated ampG of PA01 (this work)
pUCP24-ampGPA-I53S
pUCP24-ampGPA-I53T
pUCP24-ampGPA-W90R
pUCP24-ampGPA-W90S