Diversity of mutations in the atpC gene coding for the c subunit of F 0F1 ATPase in clinical isolates of optochin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae from Brazil

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3065-3067

  Dias, Cícero A ^a,c   Agnes, Grasiela ^a   Frazzon, Ana Paula G ^a   Kruger, Filipe D ^a   D'Azevedo, Pedro A ^a   Carvalho, Maria Da Glória S ^b   Facklam, Richard R ^b   Teixeira, Lúcia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ETHYLHYDROCUPREINE; ISOLEUCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE C; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATPC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CODON; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; QUININE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 34548679124     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00891-07     Document Type: Article

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