Nucleotide sequence and transfer properties of two novel types of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae plasmids carrying the tetracycline resistance gene tet (H)

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 864-867

  Blanco, Mónica ^a   Kadlec, Kristina ^b   Gutiérrez Martín, César B ^c   De la Fuente, Ana Judith Martín ^c   Schwarz, Stefan ^b   Navas, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT FÜR TIERZUCHT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Gene transfer; Interspecies transfer; Mobilization; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PASTEURELLACEAE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MANNHEIMIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 34548764885     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm293     Document Type: Article

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