Nomenclature for macrolide and macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance determinants

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2823-2830

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a   Sutcliffe, Joyce ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^c   Jensen, Lars Bogo ^d   Rood, Julian ^e   Seppala, Helena ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BINDING SITE; DNA PROBE; GENE SEQUENCE; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RIBOSOME; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032762933     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.12.2823     Document Type: Short Survey

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