Tetracycline resistance gene classification: Class F

© Service of Biosafety & Biotechnology - Author: Jean-Marc Collard
Last revised: January 8, 1998



MECHANISM

Efflux (ineffective ?)
    Ribosomal protection  
    Enzymatic  
    Unknown  

MINOCYCLINE RESISTANCE

YES

 

NO



DISTRIBUTION


REPRESENTATIVES
GENETIC LOCATION
SOURCE
SEQUENCE ACCESS NB Unsequenced


PROTEIN WEIGHT
PROBES
PCR PRIMERS


  REFERENCES
1 Park, B. H., M. Hendricks, M. H. Malamy, F. P. Tally, and S. B. Levy. 1987. Cryptic tetracycline resistance determinant (class F) from Bacteroides fragilis mediates resistance in Escherichia coli by actively reducing tetracycline accumulation. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 31:1739-1743.
2 Speer, B. S., and A. A. salyers. 1990. A tetracycline efflux gene on Bacteroides transposon Tn4400 does not contribute to tetracycline resistance. J. Bacteriol. 172:292-298.