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. 1988 May;32(5):768–769. doi: 10.1128/aac.32.5.768

Restriction mapping and hybridization studies of a beta-lactamase-encoding fragment from Streptococcus (Enterococcus) faecalis.

K K Zscheck 1, R Hull 1, B E Murray 1
PMCID: PMC172270  PMID: 2840018

Abstract

A restriction map of a 5.1-kilobase EcoRI fragment encoding an enterococcal beta-lactamase was prepared and compared with the restriction map of a cloned staphylococcal beta-lactamase gene and with the published maps of several other staphylococcal beta-lactamase genes. Comparison and hybridization studies showed that there were identical restriction sites in the region of the bla structural gene but not in the region surrounding this gene.

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