Possible origins of CTnBST, a conjugative transposon found recently in a human colonic Bacteroides strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 4226-4233

  Schlesinger, David J ^a   Shoemaker, Nadja B ^a   Salyers, Abigail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES STRAIN; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; DNA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLON FLORA; CONJUGATION; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; CTNBST GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ERMB GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOMYCETACEAE; BACTEROIDES; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; COLON; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCANOBACTERIUM PYOGENES; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES SP.; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34447505173     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00455-07     Document Type: Article

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