Intraspecies transfer of a chloramphenicol-resistance plasmid of staphylococcal origin

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 117, Issue APR., 2003, Pages 146-151

  Bhakta, Mausumi ^a,b   Arora, Suranjana ^a   Bal, Manjusri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b HOOGHLY MOHSIN COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance plasmid; Chloramphenicol resistance plasmid; Intraspecies plasmid transfer plasmid transformation; Staphylococcal plasmid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DETERGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LYSOSTAPHIN; METICILLIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; STREPTOMYCIN; SUCROSE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HYBRIDIZATION; LYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; R PLASMID; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; R FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0142106426     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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