Analysis of isoniazid-resistant transposon mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Billman Jacobe, Helen ^a   Sloan, Joan ^a   Coppel, Ross L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

catalase peroxidase; isoniazid; katG; mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; ISONIAZID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0030588112     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00336-9     Document Type: Article

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