Chloramphenicol is a substrate for a novel nitroreductase pathway in Haemophilus influenzae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2820-2829

  Smith, Arnold L ^a,b,c   Erwin, Alice L ^a,d   Kline, Toni ^c   Unrath, William C T ^a   Nelson, Kevin ^a   Weber, Allan ^b,e   Howald, William N ^c  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^e ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; NITROREDUCTASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEISSERIA; NITROREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547640325     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00087-07     Document Type: Article

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