Streptococcus pneumoniae transposon Tn1545/Tn6003 changes to Tn6002 due to spontaneous excision in circular form of the erm(B)-and aphA3-containing macrolide-aminoglycoside-streptothricin (MAS) element

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5994-5997

  Palmieri, Claudio ^a   Mingoia, Marina ^a   Massidda, Orietta ^b   Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; STREPTOTHRICIN;

APHA3 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ERM(A) GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON TN1545; TRANSPOSON TN6002; TRANSPOSON TN6003;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84868013357     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01487-12     Document Type: Article

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