Evidence of mext-independent overexpression of mexef-oprn multidrug efflux pump of pseudomonas aeruginosa in presence of metabolic stress

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Kumar, Ayush ^a   Schweizer, Herbert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEXEF OPRN PROTEIN; MEXT PROTEIN; OPRN PROTEIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LIBRARY; METABOLIC STRESS; MEXT GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80055040233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026520     Document Type: Article

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