Streptococcus faecalis R plasmid pJH1 contains an erythromycin resistance transposon (Tn3871) similar to transposon Tn917.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 158 ·No. 3 ·1984-06-00 ·Pages 1172-4

Banai M, LeBlanc DJ

Abstract

The R plasmid pJH1 contains a 5.1-kilobase transposon ( Tn3871 ) that mediates inducible resistance to erythromycin. Three AvaI digestion fragments from this transposon are identical in size to and homologous with three AvaI-derived fragments from the previously described erythromycin resistance transposon Tn917 . These three DNA fragments account for greater than 90% of both transposons.

MeSH Terms

Base Sequence DNA Transposable Elements Drug Resistance, Microbial Enterococcus faecalis/genetics Erythromycin/toxicity Phenotype Plasmids R Factors Species Specificity

Chemicals

DNA Transposable Elements Erythromycin

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Banai M

LeBlanc D J

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.158.3.1172-1174.1984

Published

1984-06-00

Pages

1172-4

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC215569

Subset

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