The clostridial mobilisable transposons

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2033-2043

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Clostridia; Mobilisation; Resolvase; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; PROTEIN TNPZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GENE INSERTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REVIEW; TN4451 GENE; TN4452 GENE; TN4453A GENE; TN4453B GENE; TN5398 GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036969318     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180200003     Document Type: Review

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