The NorM efflux pump of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis recognizes antimicrobial cationic compounds

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1101-1106

  Rouquette Loughlin, Corinne ^a   Dunham, Steven A ^b   Kuhn, Michael ^a   Balthazar, Jacqueline T ^a   Shafer, William M ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLELLIPTICINE; ACRIFLAVINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BERBERINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENE PRODUCT; NORFLOXACIN; PROTEIN NORM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATION TRANSPORT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GONORRHEA; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NORM GENE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NORFLOXACIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0037309093     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.1101-1106.2003     Document Type: Article

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