Regulation of mtrF expression in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and its role in high-level antimicrobial resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3713-3720

  Folster, Jason P ^a,b   Shafer, William M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MTRC GENE; MTRCDE GENE; MTRF GENE; MTRR GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 18944382290     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3713-3720.2005     Document Type: Article

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