Macrolide efflux genes mef(A) and mef(E) are carried by different genetic elements in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 774-778

  Del Grosso, M ^a   Iannelli, F ^a   Messina, C ^a   Santagati, M ^a   Petrosillo, N ^a   Stefani, S ^a   Pozzi, G ^a   Pantosti, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MACROLIDE; PROTEIN MEF(A); PROTEIN MEF(E); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0036195264     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.774-778.2002     Document Type: Article

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