Gentamicin-resistance determinants confer background-dependent hygromycin B resistance

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-182

  Kojic, Milorad ^a   Milojevic, Natasa ^a   Vasiljevic, Branka ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering   (Yugoslavia)

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYGROMYCIN B; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROMONOSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METHYLATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

MICROMONOSPORA; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0032708521     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.177     Document Type: Article

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