Characterization of transposon Tn1549, conferring VanB-type resistance in Enterococcus spp. The GenBank accession number for the 33803 bp sequence of Tn1549 is AJ192329.

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Transfer of VanB-type resistance to glycopeptides among enterococci has been reported to be associated with the movement of large chromosomal genetic elements or of plasmids. The authors report the characterization of the 34 kb transposon Tn1549 borne by a plasmid related to pAD1 and conferring vancomycin resistance in clinical isolates of Enterococcus spp. Tn1549 contained 30 ORFs and appeared to be organized...

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