Different rifampicin inactivation mechanisms in Nocardia and related taxa

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-4

  Tanaka, Yasushi ^a   Yazawa, Katsukiyo ^a   Dabbs, Eric R ^a,b   Nishikawa, Kazutaka ^a   Komaki, Hisayuki ^a   Mikami, Yuzuru ^a   Miyaji, Makoto ^a   Morisaki, Naoko ^c   Iwasaki, Shigeo ^c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Mycolic acid containing bacteria; Rifampicin; Species specific

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; DRUG INACTIVATION; GLYCOSYLATION; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030053925     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03303.x     Document Type: Article

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