Complete deletion of the ramR gene in an in vitro-selected mutant of Klebsiella pneumoniae overexpressing the AcrAB efflux pump

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 672-673

  Bialek Davenet, Suzanne ^a   Leflon Guibout, Véronique ^b   Minh, Olivier Tran ^b   Marcon, Estelle ^b   Moreau, Richard ^a   Nicolas Chanoine, Marie Hélène ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMR GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OFLOXACIN; OPERON; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84872006790     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01410-12     Document Type: Letter

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