Spontaneously-occurring rifampicin-resistant mutants that survive on low (20 micrograms ml-1) but not high drug concentrations (200 micrograms ml-1) have been isolated. One such mutation appears to map close to residue 650 on the beta structural gene. RNA polymerase from low-level resistant strains
Genetic studies on the β subunit of Escherichia coil RNA polymerase
✍ Scribed by Nene, Vishvanath ;Glass, Robert E.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 31 KB
- Volume
- 196
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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