Tn3702, a conjugative transposon in Enterococcus faecalis |
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Authors: | Thea Horaud Françoise Delbos Gilda de Cespédès |
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Institution: | Laboratoire des Staphylocoques et des Streptocoques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Enterococcus faecalis strain D434 was found to carry on its chromosome a determinant encoding tetracycline-minocycline resistance (Tcr-Mnr) and to harbor both an R plasmid and a cryptic conjugative plasmid, pIP1141. The determinant coding for Tcr-Mnr was located on a conjugative transposon, designated Tn3702. The transposition of Tn3702 on to both pIP1141 and the hemolysin plasmid pIP964 yielded different derivatives each of which contained an 18.5-kilobase insert. The structure of Tn3702 is similar to that of the conjugative transposon Tn916. |
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Keywords: | Selenomonas ruminantium Acetate formation Enzyme purification |
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