Obg and Membrane Depolarization Are Part of a Microbial Bet-Hedging Strategy that Leads to Antibiotic Tolerance

Molecular Cell

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-21

  Verstraeten, Natalie ^a   Knapen, Wouter Joris ^a   Kint, Cyrielle Ines ^a   Liebens, Veerle ^a   Van den Bergh, Bram ^a   Dewachter, Liselot ^a   Michiels, Joran Elie ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a   David, Charlotte Claudia ^a   Fierro, Ana Carolina ^a   Marchal, Kathleen ^a,b   Beirlant, Jan ^a   Versées, Wim ^c,d   Hofkens, Johan ^a   Jansen, Maarten ^e   Fauvart, Maarten ^a   Michiels, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HOKB PROTEIN; OBG PROTEIN; OFLOXACIN; SOKB TYPE I PROTEIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HOKB PROTEIN, E COLI; OBG GTP-BINDING PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROORGANISM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84937119399     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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