"tet(U)" is not a tetracycline resistance determinant

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3378-3379

  Caryl, Jamie A ^a   Cox, Georgina ^a   Trimble, Stefan ^a   O'Neill, Alex J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HELICASE; TET(U) PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE CONSTRUCT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENTEROCOCCUS; PLASMIDS; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 84861142346     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05957-11     Document Type: Article

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