Covalently linked AcrB giant offers a new powerful tool for mechanistic analysis of multidrug efflux in bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1727-1728

  Zgurskaya, Helen I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN P; PROTEIN ACRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACRE PROTEIN, E COLI; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; COVALENT BOND; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 63049137860     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01718-08     Document Type: Note

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