Characterization of IS18, an element capable of activating the silent aac(6')-Ij gene of Acinetobacter sp. 13 strain BM2716 by transposition

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2759-2761

  Rudant, Eric ^a,b   Courvalin, Patrice ^a   Lambert, Thierry ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre Pharmaceutique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSPOSASE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT GENE;

EID: 0031704578     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.10.2759     Document Type: Article

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