Role of mutations in dihydrofolate reductase DfrA (Rv2763c) and thymidylate synthase ThyA (Rv2764c) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance

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Claudio U Köser et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Oct.

. 2010 Oct;54(10):4522-3; author reply 5423-5.

doi: 10.1128/AAC.00422-10.

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