title: Cloning and sequence analysis of a plasmid-encoded chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene from Staphylococcus intermedius.
abstract: The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (cat) of a 3.9 kb chloramphenicol resistance (CmR) plasmid from Staphylococcus intermedius, designated pSCS1, was cloned into an Escherichia coli plasmid vector. Sequence analysis revealed a high degree of base similarity with the cat gene of the S. aureus CmR plasmid pC221 but there were several differences in the regulatory region. A lesser degree of similarity was observed between the cat gene of the S. intermedius plasmid and the cat gene of the S. aureus plasmid pC194.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bakteriologie und Immunologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, FRG.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Spies
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardoso
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010957:Plasmids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase