Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 34-46 , January 2002

Streptomycin revisited: molecular action in the microbial cell

  • J.D. Kornder

      Affiliations

    • Correspondence to: James D. Kornder, Edgewood Animal Hospital, 420 Edgewood Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA, USA. Phone: +14045230561, 7702512644; Fax: +17705832555

Received 21 February 2001 ,Accepted 5 July 2001.

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Medical Hypotheses
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