Tetracycline resistance mediated by ribosomal protection

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Taylor, Diane E ^a   Chau, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030030885     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.1.1     Document Type: Short Survey

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