Spontaneous mutations that confer antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 727-733

  Wang, G ^a   Wilson, T J M ^a   Jiang, Q ^a   Taylor, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; GENE PRODUCT; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTEIN RDX4; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 23S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RIFAMPIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035112168     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.3.727-733.2001     Document Type: Article

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