A Corynebacterium glutamicum gene conferring multidrug resistance in the heterologous host Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2449-2451

  Jäger, Wolfgang ^a   Kalinowski, Jörn ^a   Fühler, Alfred ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PUROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM ATCC 13032; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030938155     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2449-2451.1997     Document Type: Article

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