Impairing methylations at ribosome RNA, a point mutation-dependent strategy for aminoglycoside resistance: The RsmG case

Biomedica

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 41-49

  Benítez Páez, Alfonso ^a,b   Cárdenas Brito, Sonia ^a   Corredor, Mauricio ^a,c   Villarroya, Magda ^b   Armengod, María Eugenia ^b  

^a Grupo de Análisis Bioinformático   (Colombia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Escherichia coli; Methylation; Mutagenesis; RNA biosynthesis; Streptomycin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GIDB PROTEIN, E COLI; HYBRID PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 16S; RPSL PROTEIN, E COLI; RRNA (ADENOSINE-O-2'-)METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84906552752     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v34i0.1702     Document Type: Article

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