Inhibition of the multiple antibiotic resistance (mar) operon in Escherichia coli by antisense DNA analogs

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2699-2704

  White, D G ^a,c   Maneewannakul, K ^a,d   Von Hofe, E ^b   Zillman, M ^b   Eisenberg, W ^b   Field, A K ^b   Levy, S B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HYBRIDON INC   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NORFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030734330     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.12.2699     Document Type: Article

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