High-efficiency generation of antibiotic-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae by PCR and transformation

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1257-1261

  Martín Galiano, Antonio J ^a   De la Campa, Adela G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BETA CHAIN; DRUG TARGETING; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTATION RATE; PARC GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOB GENE; RPSL GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037378037     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1257-1261.2003     Document Type: Article

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