The spectrum of spontaneous rifampin resistance mutations in the rpoB gene of Bacillus subtilis 168 spores differs from that of vegetative cells and resembles that of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4936-4940

  Nicholson, Wayne L ^a   Maughan, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036717711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4936-4940.2002     Document Type: Article

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