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SUBMITTER: Santagati M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC90116 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Santagati M M Iannelli F F Oggioni M R MR Stefani S S Pozzi G G
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20000901 9
The mef(A) gene from a clinical isolate of Streptococcus pneumoniae exhibiting the M-type resistance to macrolides was found to be part of the 7,244-bp chromosomal element Tn1207.1, which contained 8 open reading frames. orf2 encodes a resolvase/invertase, and orf5 is a homolog of the macrolide-streptogramin B resistance gene msr(SA). ...[more]