Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance in Staphylococcus lentus results from the integration of part of a transposon into a small plasmid

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Werckenthin, C
Schwarz, S
Dyke, K
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[1] BUNDESFORSCH ANSTALT LANDWIRTSCHAFT BRAUNSCHWEIG,INST KLEINTIERFORSCH CELLE MERBITZ,D-29223 CELLE,GERMANY
[2] UNIV OXFORD,DEPT BIOCHEM,MICROBIOL UNIT,OXFORD OX1 3QU,ENGLAND
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10.1128/AAC.40.9.2224
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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The 8.0-kb macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance plasmid pSES20 from Staphylococcus lentus harbored part of a Tn917-like transposon including the left terminal repeat, a gene almost identical to ermB, and its regulatory region, as well as the internal direct repeat, Homology between pSES20 and Tn917 ended at a sequence closely related to those of the resolution sites of Tn917 and Tn552 and staphylococcal recombination sites.
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