Chimeric analysis of the multicomponent multidrug efflux transporters from gram-negative bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6499-6507

  Tikhonova, Elena B ^a   Wang, Quiju ^a   Zgurskaya, Helen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACRB; PROTEIN MEXA; PROTEIN MEXB; PROTEIN OPRM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0036889445     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6499-6507.2002     Document Type: Article

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