Pentachlorophenol induction of the pseudomonas aeruginosa mexAB-oprM efflux operon: Involvement of repressors NalC and MexR and the antirepressor ArmR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Starr, Lisa M ^a   Fruci, Michael ^a   Poole, Keith ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIREPRESSOR PROTEIN ARMR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN MEXR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN NALC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEXA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; MEXB PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; MEXR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; OPRM PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INVERTED REPEAT; MEXAB OPRM GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PA3720 ARMR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84857667869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032684     Document Type: Article

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