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Yin, M., Lu, T., Zhao, L.X., Chen, Y., Huang, S.X., Lohman, J.R., Xu, L.H., Jiang, C.L. & Shen, B. The missing C-17 O-methyltransferase in geldanamycin biosynthesis. Organic Letters 13, 3726-3729 (2011).
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Han, X., Dorsey-Oresto, A., Malik, M., Wang, J.Y., Drlica, K., Zhao, X. & Lu, T. Escherichia coli genes that reduce the lethal effects of stress. BMC Microbiology 10, 35 (2010).
Malik, M., Lu, T., Zhao, X., Singh, A., Hattan, C.M., Domagala, J., Kerns, R. & Drlica, K. Lethality of quinolones against Mycobacterium smegmatis in the presence or absence of chloramphenicol. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 49, 2008-2014 (2005).
Lu, T., Zhao, X., Li, X., Hansen, G., Blondeau, J. & Drlica, K. Effect of chloramphenicol, erythromycin, moxifloxacin, penicillin and tetracycline concentration on the recovery of resistant mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Staphylococcus aureus. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 52, 61-64 (2003).
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