Transfer of a conjugative transposon, Tn5397 in a model oral biofilm

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Roberts, Adam P ^a   Pratten, Jonathan ^a   Wilson, Michael ^a   Mullany, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposon; Gene transfer; Oral biofilm; Tn5397

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOMYCES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONJUGATION; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOBACILLUS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; TRANSPOSON; VEILLONELLA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032797484     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00288-8     Document Type: Article

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