Differential regulation of the mcb and emr operons of Escherichia coli: Role of mcb in multidrug resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1050-1052

  Lomovskaya, O ^a   Kawai, F ^a,b   Matin, A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPARFLOXACIN;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOTE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STARVATION;

EID: 0029915227     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.40.4.1050     Document Type: Note

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