BacA-mediated bleomycin sensitivity in Sinorhizobium meliloti is independent of the unusual lipid A modification

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3143-3148

  Ferguson, Gail P ^a   Jansen, An ^b   Marlow, Victoria L ^a   Walker, Graham C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; LIPID A; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BACA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLEOMYCIN; DEOXYCHOLIC ACID; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPID A; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS;

SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33645987883     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.3143-3148.2006     Document Type: Article

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