Autoactivation of the marRAB multiple antibiotic resistance operon by the marA transcriptional activator in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2216-2223

  Martin, Robert G ^a,c   Jair, Kam Wing ^b   Wolf Jr , Richard E ^b   Rosner, Judah L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030004590     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2216-2223.1996     Document Type: Article

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