Genome-wide dynamics of a bacterial response to antibiotics that target the cell envelope

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hesketh, Andy ^a,b   Hill, Chris ^a   Mokhtar, Jehan ^a   Novotna, Gabriela ^a   Tran, Ngat ^b   Bibb, Mervyn ^b   Hong, Hee Jeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; MOENOMYCIN A; TRANSCRIPTOME; VANCOMYCIN; ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOTIN; GUANOSINE 3',5' POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TARGETING; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; REGULON; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BIOTIN; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LIGASES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

EID: 79955783541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-226     Document Type: Article

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