Role of the rapA gene in controlling antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3650-3658

  Lynch, S V ^a,c   Dixon, L ^a,d   Benoit, M R ^a   Brodie, E L ^b   Keyhan, M ^a   Hu, P ^b   Ackerley, D F ^a,e   Andersen, G L ^b   Matin, A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BOCILLIN FL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE MUTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAA GENE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; YEEZ GENE; YHCQ GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BIOFILMS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EID: 34948892056     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00601-07     Document Type: Article

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