Influence of OprM expression on multiple antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2009-2012

  Wong, Kendy K Y ^a   Poole, Keith ^b   Gotoh, Naomasah ^c   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030826563     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.9.2009     Document Type: Article

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