The role of ribosomal RNAs in macrolide resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 469-480

  Sander, Peter ^a   Prammananan, Therdsak ^a   Meier, Albrecht ^a   Frischkorn, Klaus ^a   Böttger, Erik C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0030669088     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5811946.x     Document Type: Article

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