Diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet (M) and identification of Tn 916- and Tn 5801-like (Tn 6014) transposons in Staphylococcus aureus from humans and animals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 490-500

  De Vries, Lisbeth Elvira ^a,b   Christensen, Henrik ^a   Skov, Robert L ^c   Aarestrup, Frank M ^b   Agersø, Yvonne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposons; Horizontal gene transfer; Mobile elements; TetA(M)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTIOFUR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE M PROTEIN; TIAMULIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 69049084639     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp214     Document Type: Article

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