Transcriptional and translational regulation of the marRAB multiple antibiotic resistance operon in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 183-191

  Martin, Robert G ^a   Rosner, Judah L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3142558001     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04080.x     Document Type: Article

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