emb nucleotide polymorphisms and the role of embB306 mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to ethambutol

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-280

  Srivastava, Shashikant ^a   Ayyagari, Archana ^a   Dhole, Tapan N ^a   Nyati, Kishan K ^a   Dwivedi, Shiv K ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

embB306; Ethambutol; Mutation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMBB GENE; EMBC GENE; EMBR GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHAMBUTOL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549144228     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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