Isolation of cmr, a novel Escherichia coli chloramphenicol resistance gene encoding a putative efflux pump

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3188-3193

  Nilsen, Inge W ^a   Bakke, Ingrid ^a   Vader, Anna ^a   Olsvik, Ørjan ^a   El Gewely, M Raafat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029980852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3188-3193.1996     Document Type: Article

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