Plasmid pDGO100 contains a second integron with the trimethoprim resistance gene dfrA7 as the inserted cassette

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-70

  Burnside, J M ^a   Groot Obbink, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

EID: 0343182991     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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