Cationic antimicrobial peptides activate a two-component regulatory system, PmrA-PmrB, that regulates resistance to polymyxin B and cationic antimicrobial peptides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 205-217

  McPhee, Joseph B ^a   Lewenza, Shawn ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; COLISTIN; INDOLICIDIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLYMYXIN B; SPACER DNA; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATECHOL 2,3-DIOXYGENASE; DIOXYGENASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUCIFERASES; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; OXYGENASES; POLYMYXIN B; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0141484326     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03673.x     Document Type: Article

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