Sequences found on staphylococcal β-lactamase plasmids integrated into the chromosome of Enterococcus faecalis CH116

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-90

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b   Carias, Lenore L ^a   Marshall, Steven H ^a   Bonafede, Mary E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA LACTAMASE; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029929422     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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