Characterization of the 13-Kilobase ermF Region of the Bacteroides Conjugative Transposon CTnDOT

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3488-3495

  Whittle, Gabrielle ^a   Hund, Bonnie D ^a   Shoemaker, Nadja B ^a   Salyers, Abigail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ERMF PROTEIN, BACTEROIDES; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTEROIDES; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRASES; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035430275     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.8.3488-3495.2001     Document Type: Article

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