Diversity of putative Tn5253-like elements in Streptococcus pneumoniae

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-367

  Henderson Begg, S K ^a   Roberts, A P ^b   Hall, L M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Tn5252; Tn5253; Tn916; Transposon; umuC; umuD

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 61449224470     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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