A "retrocidal" plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis: Passage and protection

Plasmid

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-230

  Flannagan, Susan E ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a   Sedgley, Christine M ^a  

^a School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin MC4 1; Conjugation; Enterococcus faecalis; pAMS1; Resistance; Sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PHEROMONE; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PLASMID AMS1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 41549134454     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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