Characterization of a two-gene operon epeRA involved in multidrug resistance in Streptomyces clavuligerus

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 559-568

  Rodríguez García, Antonio ^a   Santamarta, Irene ^a   Pérez Redondo, Rosario ^a   Martín, Juan F ^a,b   Liras, Paloma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

Author keywords

epeRA; Multidrug resistance; Streptomyces clavuligerus; Two gene operon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENE PRODUCT; PROFLAVINE; PROTEIN EPEA; PROTEIN EPER; PROTEIN LFRA; PROTEIN NFXB; PROTEIN PQRA; PROTEIN PQRB; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EPEA GENE; EPER GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLAVULANIC ACID; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHIDIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PROFLAVINE; STREPTOMYCES;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 33746824153     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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