A mutation of the RNA polymerase β′ subunit (rpoC) confers cephalosporin resistance in Bacillus subtilis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-65

  Lee, Yong Heon ^a   Nam, Ki Hyun ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; REGULON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84872017048     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01449-12     Document Type: Article

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