Tn5251 belongs to the Tn916-Tn1545 family of conjugative transposons (CT) and was found
integrated into CT Tn5252, to form the composite element Tn5253 of Streptococcus …

The Tn 916-like genetic element Tn 5251 is part of the composite conjugative transposon
(CTn) Tn 5253 of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a 64.5-kb chromosomal element originally …

Tn5253, carrying tetracycline and chloramphenicol resistance determinants, is a 65.5-kb
conjugative transposon originally detected in the chromosome of Streptococcus …

Conjugative transposon Tn 5253, an integrative conjugative element (ICE) of Streptococcus
pneumoniae carrying the cat and tet (M) genes, was shown to be 64,528 bp in size and to …

Recent widespread dissemination of multiple antibiotic resistance among clinical
streptococci has been due mainly to a novel class of chromosome-borne mobile elements …

The 47-kb, broad-host-range, streptococcal conjugative transposon Tn5252 is capable of
site-specific integration into the pneumococcal chromosome. We present the nucleotide …

Among medically important gram‐positive bacteria, antibiotic resistance is often determined
by genes present in a class of transposable elements that Don Clewell named conjugative …

The distributions of tet (M) and conjugative transposons related to Tn1545 were studied by
hybridization in 47 clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae resistant to tetracycline …

Several drug resistances in Streptococcus pneumoniae are associated with mobile genetic
elements, which are loosely subdivided into a group of smaller (18-to 27-kb) and a group of …

The conjugative shuttle transposon Tn1545 from Streptococcus pneumoniae confers
resistance to kanamycin (aphA-3), erythromycin (ermAM), and tetracycline (tetM). The 25.3 …