title: Location of a potassium tellurite resistance operon (tehA tehB) within the terminus of Escherichia coli K-12.
abstract: A tellurite resistance determinant, believed to have been cloned from the IncHII plasmid pHH1508a (E. G. Walter, J. H. Weiner, and D. E. Taylor, Gene 101:1-7, 1991), was shown instead to have originated from the chromosome of Escherichia coli K-12. The two genes, tehA and tehB, constitute an operon located in the terminus at approximately 32.3 min.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Weiner
mesh_terms: D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013691:Tellurium / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C026660:tellurous acid; D013691:Tellurium