The MtrD protein of Neisseria gonorrhaeae is a member of the resistance/nodulation/division protein family constituting part of an efflux system

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2117-2125

  Hagman, Kayla E ^a,e   Lucas, Claressa E ^a   Balthazar, Jacqueline T ^a,b   Snyder, Lori ^a   Nilles, Matthew ^c   Judd, Ralph C ^d   Shafer, William M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Efflux; MtrD; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BILE SALT; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; DECANOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHAEAE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0030788726     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2117     Document Type: Article

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