Genetic elements responsible for erythromycin resistance in streptococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-353

  Varaldo, Pietro E ^a   Montanari, Maria Pia ^a   Giovanetti, Eleonora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; RNA 23S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; ERM GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MEF GENE; MPH GENE; MSR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 59749094059     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00781-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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