Characterization of mutations in the rpoB gene in naturally rifampin- resistant Rickettsia species

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2400-2403

  Drancourt, Michel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032844994     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.10.2400     Document Type: Article

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