Alterations in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of DNA topoisomerase IV associated with quinolone resistance in Enterococcus faecalis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 433-435

  Kanematsu, Emiko ^a   Deguchi, Takashi ^a   Yasuda, Mitsuru ^a   Kawamura, Takeshi ^a   Nishino, Yoshinori ^a   Kawada, Yukimichi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

4-QUINOLONES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031916115     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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