Resistance to bacitracin in Bacillus subtilis: Unexpected requirement of the BceAB ABC transporter in the control of expression of its own structural genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8636-8642

  Bernard, Remi ^a,b   Guiseppi, Annick ^a   Chippaux, Marc ^a   Foglino, Maryline ^a   Denizot, François ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACITRACIN; CHYMASE INHIBITOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCEAB GENE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 36748998798     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01132-07     Document Type: Article

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