A mutation at codon 516 in the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium leprae confers resistance to rifampin

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 468-472

  Zhang, Liangfen ^a   Namisato, Masako ^b   Matsuoka, Masanori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Natl Leprosarium Kuriu Rakusen En ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FOOT PAD; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY CONTROL; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN;

AGED; ANIMALS; CODON; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; RIFAMPIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 13144265707     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1489/1544-581X(2004)72<468:AMACIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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