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. 1984 Jun;158(3):1172–1174. doi: 10.1128/jb.158.3.1172-1174.1984

Streptococcus faecalis R plasmid pJH1 contains an erythromycin resistance transposon (Tn3871) similar to transposon Tn917.

M Banai, D J LeBlanc
PMCID: PMC215569  PMID: 6327631

Abstract

The R plasmid pJH1 contains a 5.1-kilobase transposon ( Tn3871 ) that mediates inducible resistance to erythromycin. Three AvaI digestion fragments from this transposon are identical in size to and homologous with three AvaI-derived fragments from the previously described erythromycin resistance transposon Tn917 . These three DNA fragments account for greater than 90% of both transposons.

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