Transfer of Tn5385, a composite, multiresistance chromosomal element from Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 714-721

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b   Carias, Lenore L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL DNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031887223     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.714-721.1998     Document Type: Article

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