Mutations affecting DNA-binding activity of the MexR repressor of mexR-mexA-mexB-oprM operon expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6195-6198

  Saito, Kohjiro ^a   Akama, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshihara, Eisaku ^a   Nakae, Taiji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR GENE;

AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; OFLOXACIN; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0141960307     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6195-6198.2003     Document Type: Article

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