Mutation in mexR-gene leading to drug resistance in corneal keratitis in human

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 929-936

  Suman, G ^a,b   Khan, M ^b   Sabitha, K ^a   Jamil, Kaiser ^a,b  

^a Bhagawan Mahavir Medical Research Center   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Efflux pumps; Mutations; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEXR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; KERATITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KERATITIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33750943970     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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