Identical miniature inverted repeat transposable elements flank class 1 integrons in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter spp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2382-2384

  Domingues, Sara ^a,b   Toleman, Mark A ^c   Nielsen, Kaare M ^b,d   Da Silva, Gabriela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Center for Biosafety   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAMASE; CARBAPENEM; GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; TRANSPOSON;

AACA7 GENE; AACC1 GENE; ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER BEREZINIAE; ACINETOBACTER JOHNSONII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CASSETTE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRON; INTI1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORF5 GENE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; SUL1 GENE; TRANSPOSON; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; INVERTED REPEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACARI; ACINETOBACTER;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84879430220     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00692-13     Document Type: Article

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