Enzymatic inactivation and reactivation of chloramphenicol by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-192

  Sohaskey, Charles D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAT assay; Chloramphenicol; Mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTERASE; PROTEINASE K;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; HEAT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 7644236125     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.09.028     Document Type: Article

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