Global transcriptional response of Bacillus subtilis to treatment with subinhibitory concentrations of antibiotics that inhibit protein synthesis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1915-1926

  Lin, Janine T ^a   Connelly, Mariah Bindel ^a   Amolo, Chris ^a   Otani, Suzie ^a   Yaver, Debbie S ^a  

^a Novozymes Biotech Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BINDING PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LRGAB; PROTEIN YHEIH; PROTEIN YSBAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 18244409616     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.49.5.1915-1926.2005     Document Type: Article

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