Effects of mutations in GrlA of topoisomerase IV from Staphylococcus aureus on quinolone and coumarin activity

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2109-2112

  Fournier, Bénédicte ^a   Hooper, David C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COUMARIN ANTICOAGULANT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; NOVOBIOCIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031927419     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.8.2109     Document Type: Article

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