Catalase-Peroxidase Gene Sequences in Isoniazid-Sensitive and -Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from New York City

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1063-1065

  Riley, Lee W ^a,b   Stoeckle, Mark Y ^a,b   Guan, Lei ^a,b   Riegler, Nitai ^a,b   Weitzman, Irene ^a,b,c   Kreiswirth, Barry ^a,b   Kornblum, John ^a,b   Laraque, Fabienne ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ISONIAZID; PEROXIDASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATALASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; ISONIAZID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK CITY; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEROXIDASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0027282748     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/168.4.1063     Document Type: Article

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