Expression of multidrug resistance efflux pump gene norA Is iron responsive in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1753-1762

  Deng, Xin ^a   Sun, Fei ^a   Ji, Quanjiang ^a   Liang, Haihua ^a   Missiakas, Dominique ^b   Lan, Lefu ^c   He, Chuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC HYDROXAMATE UPTAKE PROTEIN COMPONENT A; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; QUINOLONE; SIDEROPHORE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NORA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS; NORFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; IRON TRANSPORT; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NORA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NORFLOXACIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIDEROPHORES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860330705     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06582-11     Document Type: Article

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