Antibiotic Methylation: A New Mechanism of Antimicrobial Resistance. Issue 10 (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Malone, Kerri M.; Gordon, Stephen V.
• Is Part Of: Trends in microbiology. Volume 24:Issue 10(2016)
• Page Start: 771
• Page End: 772
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: Mycobacterium tuberculosis -- TB -- drug resistance -- antibiotic methylation -- methyltransferase -- anti-TB drugs; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Virulence (Microbiology) -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; Virulence -- Periodicals; Microbiologie -- Périodiques; Infection -- Périodiques; Virulence (Microbiologie) -- Périodiques; Infection; Microbiology; Virulence (Microbiology); 579
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.08.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-842X

Abstract

Abstract : In new research on Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, Warrier and colleagues have discovered a novel mode of bacterial drug resistance, namely antibiotic inactivation via N- methylation.