A balancing act: Efflux/influx in mycobacterial drug resistance

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3181-3189

  Louw, G E ^a   Warren, R M ^a   Gey Van Pittius, N C ^a   McEvoy, C R E ^a   Van Helden, P D ^a   Victor, T C ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; EFFUSION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 67749145548     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01577-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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