Expression of the multidrug resistance transporter NorA from Staphylococcus aureus is modified by a two-component regulatory system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 664-671

  Fournier, Bénédicte ^a,b   Aras, Rahul ^a   Hooper, David C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; LIPOPHILICITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033958456     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.3.664-671.2000     Document Type: Article

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