Combinatorial approach of bacteria to antibiotic resistance

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 367-373

  Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial resistance; Combinatorial genetics; Gene shuffling

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE CONTROL; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032751633     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80071-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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