Spectinomycin resistance in Neisseria spp. due to mutations in 16S rRNA

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1365-1366

  Galimand, Marc ^a   Gerbaud, Guy ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE MUTATION; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POINT MUTATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECTINOMYCIN;

EID: 0034090557     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.5.1365-1366.2000     Document Type: Article

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