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. 1987 Apr;31(4):667–670. doi: 10.1128/aac.31.4.667

More than one DNA sequence encodes the 2''-O-adenylyltransferase phenotype.

S C Lee, P P Cleary, D N Gerding
PMCID: PMC174806  PMID: 3038004

Abstract

Biochemical and phenotypic assays indicate that three enterobacterial R plasmids isolated in a single hospital encode 2''-O-adenylyltransferase [ANT(2'')], and an ANT(2'')-specific probe was developed from one plasmid. Southern hybridization revealed the three plasmids to be unrelated and, further, showed their ANT(2'')-encoding genes to be different.

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