Interaction between the TolC and AcrA proteins of a multidrug efflux system of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8533-8536

  Husain, Fasahath ^a,b   Humbard, Matthew ^b   Misra, Rajeev ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRA PROTEIN; ACRB PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACRA GENE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DRUG TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUCCINIMIDES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 10044231647     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.24.8533-8536.2004     Document Type: Article

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