A pheromone-independent CarR protein controls carbapenem antibiotic synthesis in the opportunistic human pathogen Serratia marcescens

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Cox, A R J ^a   Thomson, N R ^a   Bycroft, B ^b   Stewart, G S A B ^b   Williams, P ^b   Salmond, G P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbapenem; LuxR homologue; N acylhomoserine lactone; Serratia marcescens; lactam

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0031983857     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-1-201     Document Type: Article

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