Functional analysis of spoT, relA and dksA genes on quinolone tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa under nongrowing condition

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-357

  Viducic, Darija ^a   Ono, Tsuneko ^a   Murakami, Keiji ^a   Susilowati, Heni ^a   Kayama, Shizuo ^a   Hirota, Katsuhiko ^a   Miyake, Yoichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial tolerance; ppGPP; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DKSA GENE; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUNCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RELA GENE; SPOT GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUINOLONES;

EID: 33745132172     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03793.x     Document Type: Article

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