Use of nfsB, encoding nitroreductase, as a reporter gene to determine the mutational spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Stein, Daniel C ^a   Carrizosa, Esteban ^b   Dunham, Stephen ^c  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROREDUCTASE; POLYMER; URINARY TRACT ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; MUTANT; MUTATION RATE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NITROFURANTOIN; NITROREDUCTASES;

EID: 72849128937     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-239     Document Type: Article

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