Functional consequences of substitution mutations in mepr, a repressor of the staphylococcus aureus mepa multidrug efflux pump gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3651-3662

  Schindler, Bryan D ^a   Seo, Susan M ^a   Jacinto, Pauline L ^b   Kumaraswami, Muthiah ^c   Birukou, Ivan ^d   Brennan, Richard G ^d   Kaatz, Glenn W ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEPA MULTIDRUG EFFLUX PROTEIN; MEPR MULTIDRUG EFFLUX PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, MDR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84880996515     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00565-13     Document Type: Article

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