Functional analysis of the RdxA and RdxB nitroreductases of Campylobacter jejuni reveals that mutations in rdxA confer metronidazole resistance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1890-1901

  Ribardo, Deborah A ^a   Bingham Ramos, Lacey K ^a   Hendrixson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROREDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RDXA NITROREDUCTASE; RDXB NITROREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INDEL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROREDUCTASES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 77949697432     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01638-09     Document Type: Article

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