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. 1989 Aug;33(8):1373-4.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.33.8.1373.

Nomenclature for tetracycline resistance determinants

S B Levy  1 , L M McMurry, V Burdett, P Courvalin, W Hillen, M C Roberts, D E Taylor
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Nomenclature for tetracycline resistance determinants

S B Levy et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1989 Aug.

Abstract

Tetracycline resistance determinants are widespread and distinguishable genetically and biochemically. The nomenclature for this increasing number of determinants has been varied and inconsistent. This communication suggests ways of naming these determinants and their genes and gene products consistent with current genetic terminology.

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