Identification of the tetracycline resistance gene, tet(O), in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2891-2893

  Widdowson, Carol A ^a   Klugman, Keith P ^a,c   Hanslo, David ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029805019     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.12.2891     Document Type: Article

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