A putative de-N-acetylase of the PIG-L superfamily affects fluoroquinolone tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-54

  Liebens, Veerle ^a   Defraine, Valerie ^a   Van der Leyden, Annelies ^a   De Groote, Valerie N ^a   Fierro, Carolina ^a   Beullens, Serge ^a   Verstraeten, Natalie ^a   Kint, Cyrielle ^a   Jans, Ann ^a   Frangipani, Emanuela ^b   Visca, Paolo ^b   Marchal, Kathleen ^a,c   Versées, Wim ^d,e   Fauvart, Maarten ^a   Michiels, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

LmbE; LPS; Persistence; Phenotypic tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; AMIDASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNPA GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG TOLERANCE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENE DELETION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84901974762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2049632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2049-632X.12174     Document Type: Article

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