Nomenclature for new tetracycline resistance determinants.
Letters of the English alphabet have heretofore been used to name tetracycline resistance determinants. Since all 26 letters have now been used, a nomenclature employing numerals is recommended for future determinants, and one laboratory has offered to coordinate the assignment of numerals.
Levy
S B
SB
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA. slevy@opal.tufts.edu
McMurry
L M
LM
Barbosa
T M
TM
Burdett
V
V
Courvalin
P
P
Hillen
W
W
Roberts
M C
MC
Rood
J I
JI
Taylor
D E
DE
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