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SUBMITTER: Stokes HW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1855573 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stokes H W HW Elbourne Liam D H LD Hall Ruth M RM
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20070129 5
Transposon Tn1403 from a clinical Pseudomonas strain is composed of three transposons, including Tn5393c. A related transposon Tn1404* from a plant-associated Pseudomonas strain lacks Tn5393 but includes a transposon carrying the tet(C) tetracycline resistance determinant. These compound transposons illustrate the role of preexisting transposons in generating clusters of antibiotic resistance genes. ...[more]