Conservation of the multidrug resistance efflux gene oprM in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 853-856

  Bianco, Nina ^a   Neshat, Shadi ^a   Poole, Keith ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030893429     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.4.853     Document Type: Article

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