MdfA, an Escherichia coli multidrug resistance protein with an extraordinarily broad spectrum of drug recognition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2274-2280

  Edgar, Rotem ^a   Bibi, Eitan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030956372     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2274-2280.1997     Document Type: Article

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