Nucleotide sequence of IS1678, an insertion sequence in the vanA cluster of enterococci [4]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1666-1667

  Jung, Woo Kyung ^a   Hong, Soon Keun ^a   Koo, Hye Cheong ^a   Kwon, Nam Hoon ^a   Park, Yong Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE VANA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 16244382020     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.4.1666-1667.2005     Document Type: Letter

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