The intrinsic resistance of Escherichia coli to various antimicrobial agents requires ppGpp and σ(s)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 323-326

  Greenway, D L A ^a   England, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; STRAIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; E. COLI; GENES EXPRESSION; INTRINSIC RESISTANCE; ISOGENIC; PARENT STRAIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; BRONOPOL; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEPHALOSPORIN C; CEPHAMYCIN C; GENTAMICIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; SIGMA FACTOR; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033403489     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1999.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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