Genetic organization and distribution of tetracycline resistance determinants in Clostridium perfringens

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2500-2504

  Lyras, Dena ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRUG TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029960494     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.11.2500     Document Type: Article

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