The pncA gene from naturally pyrarinamide-resistant Mycobacterium avium encodes pyrazinamidase and confers pyrazinamide susceptibility to resistant M. tuberculosis complex organisms

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3367-3373

  Sun, Zhonghe ^a   Scorpio, Angelo ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium avium; pncA; Pyrazinamidase; Pyrazinamide susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PYRAZINAMIDASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GASTRI; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; POA;

EID: 0030732155     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-10-3367     Document Type: Article

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