SoxRS-mediated lipopolysaccharide modification enhances resistance against multiple drugs in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 4441-4450

  Lee, Joon Hee ^a   Lee, Kang Lok ^b   Yeo, Won Sik ^b   Park, Su Jin ^a   Roe, Jung Hye ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDIZING AGENT; PROTEIN MARA; PROTEIN SOXRS; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MARA PROTEIN, E COLI; MENADIONE; NAPHTHOQUINONE; PARAQUAT; PLUMBAGIN; SOXR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SOXS PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WAAZ PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT SHOCK; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL; WAAY GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PARAQUAT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITAMIN K 3;

EID: 67649406254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01474-08     Document Type: Article

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