Single-gene deletion mutants of Escherichia coli with altered sensitivity to bicyclomycin, an inhibitor of transcription termination factor Rho

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2229-2235

  Tran, Lillian ^a   van Baarsel, Joshua A ^a   Washburn, Robert S ^b   Gottesman, Max E ^b   Miller, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOZAMYCIN; CEFRADINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; HELICASE; HYDROXYACYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THIOREDOXIN 1; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO; TRICLOSAN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROPHAGES; RHO FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79955530155     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01463-10     Document Type: Article

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