Drug efflux as a mechanism of resistance

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 290-293

  Williams, Jason B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Drug resistance, microbial; Efflux

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DRUG TRANSPORT; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS;

EID: 0030476334     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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