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Molecular characterization of benzimidazole resistance in Helicobacter pylori.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jul 2004
Mills Scott D, Yang Wei, MacCormack Kathleen
Abstract excerpt
A family of benzimidazole derivatives (BI) was shown to possess potent and selective activity against Helicobacter pylori, although the precise cellular target of the BIs is unknown. Spontaneous H. pylori mutants were isolated as resistant to a representative BI (compound A). Genomic DNA was isolated from a BI-resistant mutant, transformed into a BI-sensitive strain, and found to be sufficient to confer BI...
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