MpeR regulates the mtr efflux locus in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and modulates antimicrobial resistance by an iron-responsive mechanism

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1491-1501

  Mercante, Alexandra Dubon ^a   Jackson, Lydgia ^b   Johnson, Paul J T ^a   Stringer, Virginia A ^a   Dyer, David W ^a   Shafer, William M ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN MPER; PROTEIN MTRF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GONORRHEA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIALES; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC LOCI; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPERON; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84857151617     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06112-11     Document Type: Article

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