Erythromycin-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and oral commensal Neisseria spp. carry known rRNA methylase genes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1367-1372

  Roberts, Marilyn C ^a   Chung, Whasun O ^a   Roe, Darcie ^a,c   Xia, Minsheng ^a   Marquez, Carolina ^a   Borthagaray, G ^a   Whittington, William L ^b   Holmes, King K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Lab de Quim Computacional y Teor   (Uruguay)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0033040226     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.6.1367     Document Type: Article

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