Two routes of MexS-MexT-mediated regulation of MexEF-OprN and MexAB-OprM efflux pump expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 263-272

  Uwate, Maki ^a   Ichise, Yu ki ^a   Shirai, Akihiro ^a   Omasa, Takeshi ^a   Nakae, Taiji ^b   Maseda, Hideaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efflux pump; MexS; MexT; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEXAB PROTEIN; MEXEF PROTEIN; MEXS PROTEIN; MEXT PROTEIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OPERON M PROTEIN; OPERON N PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; MEXS GENE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84876433725     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12032     Document Type: Article

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