Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel tetracycline resistance determinant, tet(V), from mycobacterium smegmatis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1931-1937

  De Rossi, Edda ^a   Blokpoel, Marian C J ^b   Cantoni, Rita ^a   Branzoni, Manuela ^a   Riccardi, Giovanna ^a   Young, Douglas B ^b   De Smet, Koen A L ^b   Ciferri, Orio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Genetics and Microbiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEADY STATE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031950082     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.8.1931     Document Type: Article

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