Nonconjugative transposition of the vanB-containing Tn5382-like element in Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 786-789

  Dahl, Kristin H ^a,c   Røkenes, Torunn P ^a,c   Lundblad, Eirik W ^a,c   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b University of Tromsö   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; RIBOSOME DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; OPERON;

EID: 0037310134     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.2.786-789.2003     Document Type: Article

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