Internal size variations in Tn1546-like elements due to the presence of IS1216V

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 349-354

  Jensen, Lars Bogø ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

IS1216V; Size variation; Tn1546; VanA gene cluster; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; VANCOMYCIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032466306     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00504-7     Document Type: Article

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