Azithromycin and clarithromycin inhibition of 50S ribosomal subunit formation in Staphylococcus aureus cells

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-123

  Champney, W Scott ^a   Burdine, Robin ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KINETICS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0345154975     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900290     Document Type: Article

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