Tetracyclines: Antibiotic action, uptake, and resistance mechanisms

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 359-369

  Schnappinger, Dirk ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Efflux pumps; Multidrug resistance; Ribosomal protection; Tetracycline resistance; Tetracycline proton antiporters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RIBOSOMES; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 0030163126     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050339     Document Type: Short Survey

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