Tn5253 family integrative and conjugative elements carrying mef(I) and catQ determinants in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5886-5893

  Mingoia, Marina ^a   Morici, Eleonora ^a   Morroni, Gianluca ^a   Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a   Grosso, Maria Del ^b   Pantosti, Annalisa ^b   Varaldo, Pietro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; INTEGRASE; MACROLIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATQ GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MACROLIDE EFFLUX GENE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS DYSGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84907279959     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.03638-14     Document Type: Article

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