Overexpression of marA, soxS, or acrAB produces resistance to triclosan in laboratory and clinical strains of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 305-309

  McMurry, Laura M ^a   Oethinger, Margret ^a,b   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

acrAB; Irgasan; marA; Multidrug efflux pump; soxS; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACRA PROTEIN, E COLI; ACRE PROTEIN, E COLI; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MARA PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; SOXS PROTEIN, E COLI; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRICLOSAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 0032529948     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13905.x     Document Type: Article

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