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Few amino acid positions in rpoB are associated with most of the rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
BMC bioinformatics - 28 Sept 2004
Cummings Michael P, Segal Mark R
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in rpoB, the gene encoding the beta subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, are associated with rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Several studies have been conducted where minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC, which is defined as the minimum concentration of the antibiotic in a given culture medium below which bacterial growth is not inhibited) of rifampin has been...
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