RmtC 16S rRNA methyltransferase in Australia [1]

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 794-795

  Zong, Zhiyong ^a   Partridge, Sally R ^a   Iredell, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PROTEIN RMTC; RIBOSOME RNA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AUSTRALIA; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS JIE273; RMTC GENE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 38649133341     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01399-07     Document Type: Letter

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