Sensitivity of ribosomes of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex pyrophilus to aminoglycoside antibiotics

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1762-1765

  Bocchetta, Maurizio ^a,c   Huber, R ^b   Cammarano, Piero ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 0029912353     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1762-1765.1996     Document Type: Article

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