Fitness-compensatory mutations in rifampicin-resistant RNA polymerase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Brandis, Gerrit ^a   Wrande, Marie ^a   Liljas, Lars ^a   Hughes, Diarmaid ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE ALPHA SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERTANT; RPOA GENE; RPOB GENE; RPOC GENE; SALMONELLA;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENETIC FITNESS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIFAMPIN; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SALMONELLA;

EID: 84862767856     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08099.x     Document Type: Article

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