Insertional inactivation of a Tet(K)/Tet(L) like transporter does not eliminate tetracycline resistance in Bacillus cereus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-186

  Økstad, Ole Andreas ^a   Grønstad, Anne ^a   Lindbäck, Toril ^a   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Active efflux; Bacillus cereus; Major facilitator superfamily; Tetracycline resistance; Transport

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS ATCC 10987; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030804531     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00321-2     Document Type: Article

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