Mobilization of the gonococcal 5.2 kb β-lactamase plasmid pSJ5.2 into Escherichia coli by cointegration with several gram-conjugative plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-164

  Scharbaai Vazquez R ^a   Candelas, T ^a   Torres Bauza L J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Lactamase plasmids; Cointegration; Mobilization; Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA LACTAMASE AMPC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONJUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BETA-LACTAMASES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 33847247025     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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