Molecular evolution of rifampicin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-70

  Enright, Mark ^a   Zawadski, Piotr ^a   Pickerill, Paul ^b   Dowson, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031947802     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1998.4.65     Document Type: Article

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