Mobilization of vancomycin resistance by transposon-mediated fusion of a VanA plasmid with an Enterococcus faecium sex pheromone-response plasmid

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-17

  Heaton, Michael P ^a,c   Discotto, Linda F ^b   Pucci, Michael J ^b   Handwerger, Sandra ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular aggregation; Glycopeptide antibiotic; Insertion sequence; ISS1 family; TN1546

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; SEX PHEROMONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0029885815     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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