Quinolone-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase IV parC gene

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 710-714

  Kumagai, Yumi ^a   Kato, Jun Ichi ^a   Hoshino, Kazuki ^b   Akasaka, Takaaki ^b   Sato, Kenichi ^b   Ikeda, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SITAFLOXACIN; SPARFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030032254     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.3.710     Document Type: Article

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