AcrS/EnvR represses expression of the acrAB multidrug efflux genes in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6276-6279

  Hirakawa, Hidetada ^a,d   Takumi Kobayashi, Asuka ^a   Theisen, Ulrike ^a,c   Hirata, Takahiro ^a,e   Nishino, Kunihiko ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Akihito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e JOSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ACRS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACRAB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 51549115638     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00190-08     Document Type: Article

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