MepR, a represser of the Staphylococcus aureus MATE family multidrug efflux pump MepA, is a substrate-responsive regulatory protein

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1276-1281

  Kaatz, Glenn W ^a   DeMarco, Carmen E ^a   Seo, Susan M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DETOXIFICATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MEPRAB GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33645756567     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.50.4.1276-1281.2006     Document Type: Article

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