ParC subunit of DNA topoisomerase IV of Streptococcus pneumoniae is a primary target of fluoroquinolones and cooperates with DNA gyrase A subunit in forming resistance phenotype

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2252-2257

  Muñoz, Rosario ^a   De La Campa, Adela G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029846117     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.10.2252     Document Type: Article

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