Regulation of chromosomally mediated multiple antibiotic resistance: The mar regulon

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2067-2075

  Alekshun, Michael N ^a   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0000148162     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.10.2067     Document Type: Short Survey

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