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Who assigns numbers for novel bla alleles encoding beta-lactamases?

April 26, 2017alleles Assigns beta-lactamases bla encoding Numbers

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Who assigns numbers for novel bla alleles encoding beta-lactamases?

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This is done by Karen Bush or George Jacoby. They ensure that alleles are distinct from published and novel ‘in press’ examples. The catalogue of designated enzymes is updated regularly, and includes e.g. phylogenetic trees of enzyme families, GenBank accession numbers for prototypes of each allele etc.