Distribution of class 1 integrons with IS26-mediated deletions in their 3'-conserved segments in Escherichia coli of human and animal origin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Dawes, Fay E ^a   Kuzevski, Alexander ^b   Bettelheim, Karl A ^b   Hornitzky, Michael A ^c   Djordjevic, Steven P ^c,d   Walker, Mark J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRASE; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN DFRA5; PROTEIN INTI1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INTEGRON; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77958608893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012754     Document Type: Article

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