Molecular diversity and evolutionary relationships of Tn1546-like elements in enterococci from humans and animals

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-491

  Willems, Rob J L ^a   Top, Janetta ^a   Van Den Braak, Nicole ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Mevius, Dik J ^c   Hendriks, Giel ^a   Van Santen Verheuvel, Marga ^a   Van Embden, Jan D A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRANSPOSON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032978544     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.3.483     Document Type: Article

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