Off-target gene regulation mediated by transcriptional repressors of antimicrobial efflux pump genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2559-2565

  Johnson, Paul J T ^a   Stringer, Virginia A ^a   Shafer, William M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FARR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GLNA GENE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79956294761     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00010-11     Document Type: Article

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