RRNA methyltransferases and their role in resistance to antibiotics

Journal of Medical Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Morić, Ivana ^a   Savić, Miloje ^a,b   Ilić Tomić, Tatjana ^a   Vojnović, Sandra ^a   Bajkić, Sanja ^a   Vasiljević, Branka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aminoglycosides; methyltransferases; resistance; ribosome

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINO ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYGROMYCIN B; KANAMYCIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; NEAMINE; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; PAROMOMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOSTAMYCIN; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; SISOMICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; STREPTOMYCIN; THIOSTREPTON; TOBRAMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CATALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955233469     PISSN: 14528258     EISSN: 14528266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10011-010-0030-y     Document Type: Review

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