Characterization of a Bacteroides mobilizable transposon, NBU2, which carries a functional lincomycin resistance gene.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 01, 2000

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J Wang1, N B Shoemaker, G R Wang, A A Salyers

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1: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA.

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