Analysis of the mobilization functions of the vancomycin resistance transposon Tn1549, a member of a new family of conjugative elements

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 702-713

  Tsvetkova, Krassimira ^a   Marvaud, Jean Christophe ^a   Lambert, Thierry ^a  

^a University Paris Sud   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBC PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ORF29 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TRAG PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R PLASMID; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; TN1549 GENE; TRANSPOSON;

CLOSTRIDIUM SYMBIOSUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 75149133987     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00680-09     Document Type: Article

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