Sulfonamide resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes is associated with differences in the amino acid sequence of its chromosomal dihydropteroate synthase

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1062-1067

  Swedberg, Göte ^a   Ringertz, Signe ^b,c   Sköld, Ola ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME; SULFONAMIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0031971008     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.5.1062     Document Type: Article

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