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Biophysical characterization and mutational analysis of the antibiotic resistance protein NimA from Deinococcus radiodurans.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Apr 2010
Leiros Hanna-Kirsti S, Brandsdal Bjørn Olav, McSweeney Seán M
Abstract excerpt
Metronidazole (MTZ) is an antibiotic commonly used to treat anaerobic bacterial infections in humans and animals. Antibiotic resistance toward this class of 5-nitroimidazole (5-Ni) drug derivatives has been related to the Nim genes thought to encode a reductase. Here we report the biophysical cha...
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