title: Tn3702, a conjugative transposon in Enterococcus faecalis.
abstract: Enterococcus faecalis strain D434 was found to carry on its chromosome a determinant encoding tetracycline-minocycline resistance (Tcr-Mnr) and to harbor both an R plasmid and a cryptic conjugative plasmid, pIP1141. The determinant coding for Tcr-Mnr was located on a conjugative transposon, designated Tn3702. The transposition of Tn3702 on to both pIP1141 and the hemolysin plasmid pIP964 yielded different derivatives each of which contained an 18.5-kilobase insert. The structure of Tn3702 is similar to that of the conjugative transposon Tn916.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Staphylocoques et des Streptocoques, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horaud
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delbos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Cespédès
mesh_terms: D003227:Conjugation, Genetic; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics*; D008911:Minocycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D011815:R Factors; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013753:Tetracycline Resistance / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D008911:Minocycline