A class of gyrase mutants of Salmonella typhimurium show quinolone-like lethality and require Rec functions for viability

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-122

  Gari, Eloi ^a,c   Figueroa Bossi, Nara ^a   Blanc Potard, Anne Beatrice ^a,d   Spirito, Flavia ^a   Schmid, Molly B ^b,e   Bossi, Lionello ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Microcide Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); QUINOLONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030016671     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6221338.x     Document Type: Article

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