K. Schwaiger, J. Bauer
May 27, 2008
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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Abstract
Erythromycin, a macrolide antibiotic, is used for the treatment of diseases caused by gram-positive bacteria ([7][1]). Resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramin B in many isolates is due to so-called erm genes, encoding RNA methylases ([6][2]). Several classes of rRNA methylases in