Genetic antagonism and hypermutability in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3331-3335

  Karunakaran, Ponniah ^a   Davies, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION RATE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ALLELES; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034041916     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.12.3331-3335.2000     Document Type: Article

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