Transcriptional regulation of multidrug efflux pumps in bacteria

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 225-237

  Grkovic, Steve ^a   Brown, Melissa H ^a   Skurray, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activators; Bacterial multidrug efflux pump; Global regulation; Multi ligand binding; Repressors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARAC PROTEIN; BENZALKONIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MERR PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACRAB; PROTEIN ACRR; PROTEIN BLTR; PROTEIN BMRR; PROTEIN EMRR; PROTEIN GALR; PROTEIN LACI; PROTEIN LYSR; PROTEIN MARA; PROTEIN MARR; PROTEIN MEXR; PROTEIN MEXT; PROTEIN MTA; PROTEIN MTRA; PROTEIN MTRR; PROTEIN NFXB; PROTEIN ROB; PROTEIN SOXS; PROTEIN TETR; QACR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; METABOLITE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUMP; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035783036     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2000.0248     Document Type: Article

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