Gene ImrB of Corynebacterium glutamicum confers efflux-mediated resistance to lincomycin

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 112-116

  Kim, Hyung Joon ^a   Kim, Younhee ^b   Lee, Myeong Sok ^c   Lee, Heung Shick ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Semyung University   (South Korea)

^c Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium glutamicum; Drug Resistance; ImrB; Lincomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LINCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; LINCOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 0035980157     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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