Fidaxomicin is an inhibitor of the initiation of bacterial RNA synthesis.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on August 01, 2012

Authors

Irina Artsimovitch1, Jaime Seddon, Pamela Sears

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. artsimovitch.1@osu.edu

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