Genetic Organization and regulation of antimicrobial efflux systems possessed by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-224

  Shafer, William M ^a,b   Veal, Wendy L ^a   Lee, Eun Hee ^a   Zarantonelli, Leticia ^c   Balthazar, Jacqueline T ^a   Rouquette, Corinne ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Microbiology   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HOST; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MUCOSA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TOXICITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0035083379     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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