IS257-mediated cointegration in the evolution of a family of staphylococcal trimethoprim resistance plasmids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 6070-6073

  Leelaporn, Amornrut ^a,b   Firth, Neville ^a   Paulsen, Ian T ^a,c   Skurray, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029845917     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.6070-6073.1996     Document Type: Article

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