Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps: Mechanisms, physiology and pharmacological exploitations

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 453, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 254-267

  Sun, Jingjing ^a   Deng, Ziqing ^a   Yan, Aixin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Efflux pump inhibitors; Multidrug efflux pumps; Multidrug resistance; Physiology; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA BINDING; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG INACTIVATION; DRUG PENETRATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INNER MEMBRANE; MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPERFAMILY; MULTIDRUG EFFLUX PUMP; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTON TRANSPORT; REGULATOR GENE; RESISTANCE NODULATION DIVISION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SMALL MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, MDR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84908457716     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.05.090     Document Type: Review

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