Folate overproduction in Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 causes methotrexate resistance

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Wegkamp, Arno ^a,b,c   De Vos, Willem M ^a   Smid, Eddy J ^a,b  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Folate biosynthesis genes; Folate overproduction; Lactobacillus plantarum; Methotrexate resistance; Natural overproduction

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FOLIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; METHOTREXATE;

LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

EID: 68249152148     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01690.x     Document Type: Article

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