Influence of the tonB energy-coupling protein on efflux-mediated multidrug resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2225-2231

  Zhao, Qixun ^a   Li, Xian Zhi ^a   Mistry, Anita ^b   Srikumar, Ramakrishnan ^a   Zhang, Li ^a   Lomovskaya, Olga ^b   Poole, Keith ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Microcide Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031691275     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.9.2225     Document Type: Article

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