title: Streptococcus faecalis R plasmid pJH1 contains an erythromycin resistance transposon (Tn3871) similar to transposon Tn917.
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.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000633:toxicity*; D010641:Phenotype; D010957:Plasmids; D011815:R Factors; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004917:Erythromycin