Distribution and mobility of the tetracycline resistance determinant tetQ

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 551-559

  Leng, Zhongtai ^a   Riley, Donald E ^a   Berger, Richard E ^a   Krieger, John N ^a   Roberts, Marilyn C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLADDER BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME; COW; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MASTITIS; MOBILUNCUS; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; SCREENING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATITIS; R FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030723956     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/40.4.551     Document Type: Article

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