Molecular characterization of a plasmid-borne (pGT633) erythromycin resistance determinant (ermGT) from lactobacillus reuteri 100-63

Plasmid

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 60-71

  Tannock, Gerald W ^a   Luchansky, John B ^b   Miller, Lynette ^c   Connell, Hugh ^a,e   Thode Andersen, Soren ^a,f   Mercer, Andrew A ^d   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^c  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f National Institute of Animal Sciences ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0028098114     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1994.1007     Document Type: Article

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