Accumulation and turnover of 23S ribosomal RNA in azithromycin-inhibited ribonuclease mutant strains of Escherichia coli

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-77

  Silvers, Jessica A ^a   Champney, W Scott ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; 50S ribosomal subunit; Antibiotic inhibition; Azithromycin; E. coli; Ribonucleases; Ribosomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRITIUM; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE;

AZITHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27744432659     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0017-0     Document Type: Article

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