'Intergenic' blr gene in Escherichia coli encodes a 41-residue membrane protein affecting intrinsic susceptibility to certain inhibitors of peptidoglycan synthesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 364-370

  Wong, Rebecca S Y ^a,b   McMurry, Laura M ^a   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CYCLOSERINE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; VALINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

EID: 0033913572     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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