Growth phase-dependent transcription of emrKY, a homolog of multidrug efflux emrAB genes of Escherichia coli, is induced by tetracycline

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 257-263

  Tanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamasaki, Katsuhide ^a   Furue, Motoki ^a   Yamamoto, Kanehisa ^a   Katoh, Akinori ^a   Yamamoto, Mayu ^a   Yoshioka, Sachiko ^a   Tagami, Hideaki ^b   Aiba, Hiroji ^b   Utsumi, Ryutaro ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efflux pump; Escherichia coli; Multidrug resistance; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; HYBRID PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NUCLEASE S1; SALICYLIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH CURVE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 15144351543     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.257     Document Type: Article

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