Distribution of insertion sequence-like element IS1272 and its position relative to methicillin resistance genes in clinically important staphylococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2780-2782

  Kobayashi, Nobumichi ^a   Urasawa, Shozo ^a   Uehara, Nobuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Naoki ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0032708660     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.11.2780     Document Type: Article

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