Genomic analysis of the erythromycin resistance element Tn5398 from Clostridium difficile

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2717-2728

  Farrow, K A ^a   Lyras, D ^a   Rood, J I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposons; Erm determinants; Mobilization

Indexed keywords

ERM B PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; RECOMBINASE; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROPATHY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034769457     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-10-2717     Document Type: Article

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