FarR Regulates the farAB-Encoded Efflux Pump of Neisseria gonorrhoeae via an MtrR Regulatory Mechanism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7145-7152

  Lee, E H ^a   Rouquette Loughlin, C ^a   Folster, J P ^a   Shafer, W M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FATTY ACID; PROTEIN FARAB; PROTEIN FARR; PROTEIN MTRR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; FUSION GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344666702     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7145-7152.2003     Document Type: Article

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