Many chromosomal genes modulate MarA-mediated multidrug resistance in escherichia coli

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2125-2134

  Ruiz, Cristian ^a   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; QUINTOZENE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; MARA GENE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COLICINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 77951226924     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01420-09     Document Type: Article

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