Amplification of the tetracycline resistance determinant of pAMα1 in Enterococcus faecalis requires a site-specific recombination event involving relaxase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 5187-5193

  Francia, M Victoria ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RELAXASE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036723772     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.18.5187-5193.2002     Document Type: Article

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