A novel, double mutation in DNA gyrase A of Escherichia coli conferring resistance to quinolone antibiotics

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Truong, Que Chi ^a   Van Nguyen, Jean Claude ^a   Shlaes, David ^b,c   Gutmann, Laurent ^a   Moreau, Nicole J ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0343853023     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.1.85     Document Type: Article

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