Regulatory regions of smeDEF in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strains expressing different amounts of the multidrug efflux pump SmeDEF

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2274-2276

  Sanchez, Patricia ^a   Alonso, Ana ^a   Martinez, Jose L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BODY REGIONS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEDEF GENE; SMET GENE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; P-GLYCOPROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 2542507357     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2274-2276.2004     Document Type: Article

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