Genetic characterization of optochin-susceptible viridans group streptococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3187-3194

  Martín Galiano, Antonio J ^a   Balsalobre, Luz ^a   Fenoll, Asunción ^a   De la Campa, Adela G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOALCOHOL; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUININE;

ALPHA HELIX; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATPA GENE; ATPB GENE; ATPC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BILE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; SODA GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ALCOHOLS; ANTIMALARIALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUININE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 0141959308     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.10.3187-3194.2003     Document Type: Article

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