Characterization of the conjugative transposon Tn6000 from Enterococcus casseliflavus 664.1H1 (formerly Enterococcus faecium 664.1H1)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Brouwer, Michael S M ^a   Mullany, Peter ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conjugative transposon; Enterococcus; tetracycline resistance; Tn6000; Tn916

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSPOSON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONJUGATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TN6000; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77954364008     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02018.x     Document Type: Article

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