Overexpression of the rhamnose catabolism regulatory protein, RhaR: A novel mechanism for metronidazole resistance in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Patel, Ekta H ^a   Paul, Lynthia V ^a   Casanueva, Ana I ^a   Patrick, Sheila ^b   Abratt, Valerie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Antibiotic resistance; Rhamnose regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; RHAMNOSE; RHAO PROTEIN; RHAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEROIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RHAMNOSE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 67650745417     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp203     Document Type: Article

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