tRNA synthetase mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 are resistant to the gyrase inhibitor novobiocin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2979-2983

  Milija, Jovanovic ^a,c   Lilic, Mirjana ^a,d   Janjusevic, Radmila ^a   Jovanovic, Goran ^a,c   Savic, Dragutin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COUMAMYCIN; GYRASE INHIBITOR; MECILLINAM; NOVOBIOCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENETTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032947006     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2979-2983.1999     Document Type: Article

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