The LisRK signal transduction system determines the sensitivity of Listeria monocytogenes to nisin and cephalosporins

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2784-2790

  Cotter, Paul D ^a   Guinane, Caitriona M ^a   Hill, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFACLOR; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NOVOBIOCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; POLYMYXIN B; RIFAMPICIN; RNA; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036720072     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.9.2784-2790.2002     Document Type: Article

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