RNA methylation and antibiotic resistance: An overview

Periodicum Biologorum

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-140

  Maravić, Gordana ^a   Flögel, Mirna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Agr methyltransferases; Aminoglycoside antibiotics; Antibiotic resistance; Erm methlytransferases; Inhibitors; Macrolide antibiotics; RNA methylation

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; NEOMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG BINDING SITE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA BINDING; RNA METHYLATION;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3242781732     PISSN: 00315362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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