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Identification of a circular intermediate in the transfer and transposition of Tn4555, a mobilizable transposon from Bacteroides spp.

Transmissible cefoxitin (FX) resistance in Bacteroides vulgatus CLA341 was associated with the 12.5-kb, mobilizable transposon, Tn4555, which encoded the beta-lactamase gene cfxA. Transfer occurred by a conjugation-like mechanism, was stimulated by growth of donor cells with tetracycline (TC), and r...

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Main Authors: Smith, C J, Parker, A C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1993
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC204571/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8386723
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