A bacitracin-resistant Bacillus subtilis gene encodes a homologue of the membrane-spanning subunit of the Bacillus licheniformis ABC transporter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Ohki, Reiko ^a   Tateno, Kozue ^a   Okada, Youji ^a   Okajima, Haruo ^a   Asai, Kei ^b   Sadaie, Yoshito ^b   Murata, Makiko ^a   Aiso, Toshiko ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACITRACIN; GRAMICIDIN D; ITURIN A; SURFACTIN; TUNICAMYCIN; VALINOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0037214439     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.51-59.2003     Document Type: Article

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