Mechanism and function of the outer membrane channel TolC in multidrug resistance and physiology of enterobacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages

  Zgurskaya, Helen I ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Ganesh ^a   Ntreh, Abigail ^a   Lu, Shuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Enterobacterial virulence; Multidrug efflux; Outer membrane permeability; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84857520919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00189     Document Type: Review

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