Genetic analysis of zwittermicin A resistance in Escherichia coli: Effects on membrane potential and RNA polymerase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-322

  Stabb, Eric V ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIHYDROSTREPTOMYCIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); RNA POLYMERASE; UBIQUINONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEME SYNTHESIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHROMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN COMPLEX PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEME; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDES; RNA, BACTERIAL; UBIQUINONE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031963190     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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