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Pseudomonas aeruginosa deficient in 8-oxodeoxyguanine repair system shows a high frequency of resistance to ciprofloxacin.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jan 2009
Morero Natalia R, Argaraña Carlos E
Abstract excerpt
The 8-oxodeoxyguanine (8-oxodG) repair system participates in the prevention and correction of mutations generated by oxidative DNA damage in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In this study, we report that Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains deficient in this repair mechanism by inactivation of the mutT, mutM and mutY genes generate a high frequency of cells resistant to the antibiotic ciprofloxacin. In the mutT strain, the...
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