Loss-of-function mutations in the mtr efflux system of Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 621-627

  Veal, Wendy L ^a   Yellen, Ansley ^a   Balthazar, Jacqueline T ^a,c   Pan, Wubin ^b,d   Spratt, Brian G ^b,e   Shafer, William M ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic hypersusceptibility; Efflux pump; Gonococci

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENVELOPE PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE FUSION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0031883514     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-621     Document Type: Article

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