Characterization of Tn5386, a Tn916-related mobile element

Plasmid

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Rice, Louis B ^a,b   Carias, Lenore L ^b   Marshall, Steven H ^a   Hutton Thomas, Rebecca ^a   Rudin, Susan ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Conjugative transposons; Lantibiotics; Mobile elements

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; LANTIBIOTIC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOCINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 34249877652     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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