OppA Escherichia coli mutants have osmodependent resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-19

  Tsuhako, Maria H ^a   Ferreira, Luis Carlos S ^b   Da Costa, Sérgio Olavo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; PERMEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031751449     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47571998000100004     Document Type: Article

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