Roles of FrxA and RdxA nitroreductases of Helicobacter pylori in susceptibility and resistance to metronidazole.

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Published in J Bacteriol on September 01, 2001

Authors

J Y Jeong1, A K Mukhopadhyay, J K Akada, D Dailidiene, P S Hoffman, D E Berg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

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