Characterization of a Staphylococcus aureus transposon, Tn5405, located within Tn5404 and carrying the aminoglycoside resistance genes, aphA-3 and aadE

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-188

  Derbise, Anne ^a   Dyke, Keith G H ^a,b   El Solh, Nevine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOP CODON; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030152478     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0020     Document Type: Article

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