Contribution of rpoB2 RNA polymerase β subunit gene to rifampin resistance in Nocardia species

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1342-1346

  Ishikawa, Jun ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Kurita, Haruyo ^a   Satoh, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA BRASILIENSIS; NOCARDIA FARCINICA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RPOB2 GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DUPLICATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOCARDIA; RIFAMPIN;

EID: 33645767209     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1342-1346.2006     Document Type: Article

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