PmrA-PmrB-regulated genes necessary for 4-aminoarabinose lipid A modification and polymyxin resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1171-1182

  Gunn, John S ^a,b   Lim, Kheng B ^a   Krueger, Jackie ^a   Kim, Kevin ^a   Guo, Lin ^a   Hackett, Murray ^a   Miller, Samuel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID A DERIVATIVE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMYXIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; GENE LOCUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LIPID A; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; POLYMYXINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0031909562     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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