CarO, an Acinetobacter baumannii outer membrane protein involved in carbapenem resistance, is essential for l-ornithine uptake

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 5573-5578

  Mussi, María A ^a   Relling, Verónica M ^a   Limansky, Adriana S ^a   Viale, Alejandro M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Basic amino acids uptake; Carbapenem resistance; CarO; l ornithine uptake; Outer membrane channel

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; CARBAPENEM; CARBON 14; HISTIDINE; IMIPENEM; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBAPENEMS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; IMIPENEM; ORNITHINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 36549000278     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.10.063     Document Type: Article

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