Tetracycline resistance gene classification:
Class F
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- Author:
Jean-Marc Collard
Last revised:
| 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. |