Transformation of Rickettsia prowazekii to rifampin resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2118-2124

  Rachek, Lyudmila I ^a   Tucker, Aimee M ^a   Winkler, Herbert H ^a   Wood, David O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; TYPHUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031954029     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2118-2124.1998     Document Type: Article

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