Assignment of the substrate-selective subunits of the MexEF-OprN multidrug efflux pump of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 658-664

  Maseda, Hideaki ^a   Yoneyama, Hiroshi ^a   Nakae, Taiji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GENE DELETION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033994786     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.3.658-664.2000     Document Type: Article

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