A Structural Systems Biology Approach to High-Risk CG23 Klebsiella pneumoniae.
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SUBMITTER: Inniss NL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933657 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
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A Structural Systems Biology Approach to High-Risk CG23 Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Inniss Nicole L NL Kochan Travis J TJ Minasov George G Wawrzak Zdzislaw Z Chang Changsoo C Tan Kemin K Shuvalova Ludmilla L Kiryukhina Olga O Pshenychnyi Sergii S Wu Ruiying R Dubrovska Ivegeniia I Babnigg Gyorgy G Endres Michael M Anderson Wayne F WF Hauser Alan R AR Joachimiak Andrzej A Satchell Karla J F KJF
Microbiology resource announcements 20230125 2
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a leading cause of antibiotic-resistant-associated deaths in the world. Here, we report the deposition of 14 structures of enzymes from both the core and accessory genomes of sequence type 23 (ST23) K1 hypervirulent K. pneumoniae. ...[more]
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