Mutations in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of topoisomerase IV in clinical strains of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella in Anhui, China

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-170

  Hu, Li Fen ^a   Li, Jia Bin ^a   Ye, Ying ^a   Li, Xu ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA gyrase; qnr gene; Shigellosis; Topoisomerase IV

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS;

CHINA; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SHIGELLA;

SHIGELLA;

EID: 34248231861     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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