Tn1403, a multiple-antibiotic resistance transposon made up of three distinct transposons.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Stokes HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1855573 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature