Advances in integrons of bacteria

Chinese Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Wei, Qu Hao ^a   Jiang, Xiao Fei ^a   Lü, Yuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Drug resistance gene; Gene cassette; Integron

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 41149163703     PISSN: 10018689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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