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Examination of base pair variants of the strA-strB streptomycin resistance genes from bacterial pathogens of humans, animals and plants
1 Nov 2000
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Sir, Resistance to the antibiotic streptomycin is an interesting case study due to the length of time since the discovery and introduction of streptomycin into clinical medicine (c. 55 years), and the continuing varied usage of this antibiotic in clinical medicine, animal husbandry and on crop plants to control certain plant diseases. The linked strA–strB streptomycin resistance (SmR) genes are notable because...
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