Stokes H W, Elbourne Liam D H, Hall Ruth M
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, Biochemistry and Microbiology Building G08, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 May;51(5):1827-9. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01279-06. Epub 2007 Jan 29.
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.
来自临床假单胞菌菌株的转座子Tn1403由三个转座子组成,包括Tn5393c。来自与植物相关的假单胞菌菌株的相关转座子Tn1404*缺乏Tn5393,但包括一个携带tet(C)四环素抗性决定簇的转座子。这些复合转座子说明了现有转座子在产生抗生素抗性基因簇中的作用。