The molecular genetics of fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Mayer, Claudine ^a,b,c   Takiff, Howard ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); MOXIFLOXACIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MISSENSE MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROCEDURES; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DNA GYRASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84958787247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MGM2-0009-2013     Document Type: Article

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