Functional interaction sites of OprM with MexAB in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa multidrug efflux pump

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-204

  Yoshihara, Eisaku ^a   Eda, Shima ^a   Kaitou, Sayaka ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chimeric protein; Interaction site; MexAB OprM; MexEF OprN; Multidrug efflux pump; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEXAB; PROTEIN OPRM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70349245247     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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