The Helicobacter pylori Mfd protein is important for antibiotic resistance and DNA repair

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 454-456

  Lee, Gin Hyug ^a   Jeong, Jin Yong ^b   Chung, Jun Won ^a   Nam, Won Hee ^b   Lee, Sun Mi ^b   Pak, Jhang Ho ^b   Choi, Kee Don ^a   Song, Ho June ^a   Jung, Hwoon Yong ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; DNA repair; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MITOMYCIN C; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; GENE CONSTRUCT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MITOMYCIN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 71549156255     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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