Mechanism of resistance to thiostrepton in the producing-organism Streptomyces azureus
Abstract
An antibiotic-producing organism, Streptomyces azureus, defends itself against its own toxic product by methylating the RNA of its ribosomes.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- April 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1038/272792a0
- Bibcode:
- 1978Natur.272..792C