A combination of sbmA and tolC mutations in Escherichia coli K-12 Tn10-carrying strains results in hypersusceptibility to tetracycline

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1491-1494

  De Cristóbal, Ricardo E ^a   Vincent, Paula A ^a   Salomón, Raúl A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biologicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SBMA; TETRACYCLINE; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRANSPOSASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 38949211517     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01844-07     Document Type: Article

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