Bacitracin upregulates mbrAB transcription via mbrCD to confer bacitracin resistance in Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Mikami, Yoshikazu ^a   Suzuki, Naoto ^a   Takahashi, Tomihisa ^a   Otsuka, Kichibee ^a   Tsuda, Hiromasa ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacitracin; Bacitracin resistance; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; MBRA GENE; MBRB GENE; MBRC GENE; MBRD GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 81455135310     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.11052SC     Document Type: Article

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