Has anybody worked on blaLEN and blaSHV beta lactamase genes? Can you suggest appropriate vectors to clone and express these genes?

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blaLEN and bla SHV are a class of beta lactamases that has resulted in evolution of drug resistance in Klebsiella world wide.

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