Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel macrolide-resistance determinant, mefA, from Streptococcus pyogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 867-879

  Clancy, Joanna ^a   Petitpas, Joan ^a   Dib Hajj, Fadia ^a   Yuan, Wei ^a   Cronan, Melissa ^a   Kamath, Ajith V ^a   Bergeron, Jay ^a   Retsema, James A ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; OLEANDOMYCIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0029823199     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.01521.x     Document Type: Article

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