Analysis of two Staphylococcus epidermidis plasmids coding for resistance to streptogramin A

Plasmid

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-242

  Aubert, Sylvie ^a   Dyke, Keith G H ^b   Solh, Nevine El ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALFOPRISTIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; FRANCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0031764037     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1998.1369     Document Type: Article

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