Role of Histone-Like Protein H-NS in Multidrug Resistance of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1423-1429

  Nishino, Kunihiko ^a,b,c   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DETERGENT; DYE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLORING AGENTS; DETERGENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1342346607     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1423-1429.2004     Document Type: Article

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