Identification of a chromosomal Shigella flexneri multi-antibiotic resistance locus which shares sequence and organizational similarity with the resistance region of the plasmid NR1

Plasmid

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 159-168

  Rajakumar, K ^a   Bulach, D ^a   Davies, J ^a   Ambrose, L ^a   Sasakawa, C ^b   Adler, B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMID; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031148836     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1280     Document Type: Article

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