Preclinical class 1 integron with a complete Tn402-like transposition module

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 335-337

  Sajjad, Ammara ^a   Holley, Marita P ^a   Labbate, Maurizio ^b   Stokes, H W ^b   Gillings, Michael R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS 1; GUT BACTERIA; INTEGRONS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; CRUSTACEAN; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETICS; INTEGRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENAEIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENAEIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DELFTIA TSURUHATENSIS;

EID: 79251632430     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02142-10     Document Type: Article

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