An extracellular factor regulating expression of the chromosomal aminoglycoside 2'-N-acetyltransferase of providencia stuartii

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1749-1754

  Rather, Philip N ^a,b,c   Parojcic, Milica M ^b   Paradise, Michael R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Infectious Diseases Section 1110W   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE 2' N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL RNA; GENTAMICIN; MESSENGER RNA; NETILMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG ACETYLATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0030854821     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.8.1749     Document Type: Article

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