Antibiotic-Sensitive TolC Mutants and Their Suppressors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1851-1860

  Augustus, Anne Marie ^a,c   Celaya, Teresa ^a,b   Husain, Fasahath ^a,b   Humbard, Matthew ^b   Misra, Rajeev ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN; PROTEIN ACRA; PROTEIN ACRB; RIFAMPICIN; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SUPPRESSOR GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NOVOBIOCIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542286912     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.6.1851-1860.2004     Document Type: Article

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