Transposon mutagenesis identifies genes which control antimicrobial drug tolerance in stationary-phase Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-124

  Hu, Yanmin ^a   Coates, Anthony R M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug tolerance; Escherichia coli; Mutagenesis; Transposon

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; THIGH; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, INTERGENIC; DRUG TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIGH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 12844259655     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.049     Document Type: Article

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