title: Tn6001, a transposon-like element containing the blaVIM-3-harboring integron In450.
abstract: We describe the structure of a transposon-like element named Tn6001, which contains a bla(VIM-3)-harboring integron In450, which was derived from a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in Taiwan. The transposon backbone structure is most closely related to those of Tn1404* and Tn1403. Tn6001 was inserted into the chromosome of the clinical isolate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, 1, Chang-Te Street, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Sung-Pin
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Po-Ren
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Jui-Chang
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Lee-Jene
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Teng
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order; D006801:Humans; D032023:Integrons / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements