Internal size variations in Tn1546-like elements due to the presence of IS1216V.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13339.x

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Internal size variations in Tn1546-like elements due to the presence of IS1216V.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Dec 1998

Jensen L B

Abstract excerpt

In this study, internal size variations in the VanA gene cluster Tn1546, encoding resistance to glycopeptides, is described. Studies of previously uncharacterized size variations of an internal region, encoding the vanX and vanY genes of Tn1546, revealed that these variations were due to the pres...

Topics

Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Carbon-Oxygen Ligases
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Enterococcus
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Poultry
Vancomycin

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