Florfenicol-chloramphenicol exporter gene fexA is part of the novel transposon Tn558

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 813-815

  Kehrenberg, Corinna ^a   Schwarz, Stefan ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLORFENICOL; PICRIC ACID; TRANSPOSASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; THIAMPHENICOL;

EID: 12944254451     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.2.813-815.2005     Document Type: Article

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