Sequence analysis of the florfenicol resistance gene encoded in the transferable R-plasmid of a fish pathogen, Pasteurella piscicida

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 665-669

  Kim, Eun Heui ^a,c   Aoki, Takashi ^b  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Florfenicol resistance gene; Pasteurella piscicida; R plasmid; Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA FRAGMENT; FLORFENICOL; KANAMYCIN; PLASMID DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH DISEASE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PASTEURELLA; PROMOTER REGION; R PLASMID; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PASTEURELLA; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE SUBSP. PISCICIDA;

EID: 0029846505     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01125.x     Document Type: Article

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