Multidrug resistance following expression of the Escherichia coli marA gene in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2995-2998

  McDermott, Patrick F ^a   White, David G ^a,b   Podglajen, Isabelle ^a,c   Alekshun, Michael N ^a   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETHAMBUTOL; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; ISONIAZID; MUTANT PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0032462726     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2995-2998.1998     Document Type: Article

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