Active export proteins mediating drug resistance in staphylococci

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 180-196

  Hassan, Karl A ^a   Skurray, Ronald A ^a   Brown, Melissa H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active transport; Drug efflux; Drug resistance; Multidrug resistance; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; BENZALKONIUM; BIOCIDE; CETRIMIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN; DEQUALINIUM; DOXORUBICIN; ENOXACIN; FLEROXACIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXOLINIC ACID; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOGRAMIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG TRANSPORT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34250797962     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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