Molecular cloning and characterization of Tap, a putative multidrug efflux pump present in Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5836-5843

  Aínsa, José A ^a,c   Blokpoel, Marian C J ^b   Otal, Isabel ^a   Young, Douglas B ^b   De Smet, Koen A L ^b   Martín, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' N ETHYLNETILMICIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MACROLIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031793411     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5836-5843.1998     Document Type: Article

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