Characterization of conjugative transposon Tn5251 of Streptococcus pneumoniae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Provvedi, Roberta ^b   Manganelli, Riccardo ^b   Pozzi, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conjugative transposon; Streptococcal genetics; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tet(M); Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL TRANSFER; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030047588     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00455-6     Document Type: Article

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