Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on August 01, 1982
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Isolation of supercoiled colicinogenic factor E 1 DNA sensitive to ribonuclease and alkali. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1972) 4.46
Plasmid-determined tetracycline resistance in Streptococcus faecalis: evidence for gene amplification during growth in presence of tetracycline. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1975) 4.21
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Plasmid content of Streptococcus faecalis strain 39-5 and identification of a pheromone (cPD1)-induced surface antigen. J Gen Microbiol (1983) 3.80
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Nucleotide sequence of the 18-kb conjugative transposon Tn916 from Enterococcus faecalis. Plasmid (1994) 3.01
Bacteriophage and bacteriocin typing scheme for Clostridium difficile. J Clin Microbiol (1983) 2.97
Development of a rapid and efficient restriction endonuclease analysis typing system for Clostridium difficile and correlation with other typing systems. J Clin Microbiol (1993) 2.94
Plasmid-determined resistance to erythromycin: comparison of strains of streptococcus faecalis and streptococcus pyogenes with regard to plasmid hmology and resistance inducibility. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1975) 2.91
Transfer functions of the Streptococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1: organization of plasmid DNA encoding response to sex pheromone. J Bacteriol (1987) 2.87
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High incidence of hemolysin production by Enterococcus (Streptococcus) faecalis strains associated with human parenteral infections. J Clin Microbiol (1987) 2.42
A conjugative transposon (Tn919) in Streptococcus sanguis. Infect Immun (1985) 2.41
Nucleotide sequence of the gelatinase gene (gelE) from Enterococcus faecalis subsp. liquefaciens. Infect Immun (1991) 2.41
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An outbreak of nosocomial infection due to multiply resistant Serratia marcescens: evidence of interhospital spread. J Infect Dis (1976) 1.95
Regulation of the pAD1 sex pheromone response in Enterococcus faecalis: construction and characterization of lacZ transcriptional fusions in a key control region of the plasmid. J Bacteriol (1988) 1.94
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Characterization of the tet(M) determinant of Tn916: evidence for regulation by transcription attenuation. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1992) 1.89
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