The inactivation of RNase G reduces the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia susceptibility to quinolones by triggering the heat shock response

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Bernardini, Alejandra ^a   Corona, Fernando ^a   Dias, Ricardo ^b   Sánchez, Maria B ^a   Martínez, Jose L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Heat shock; Quinolone resistance; RNase G; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MESSENGER RNA; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE; RIBONUCLEASE; TIGECYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84946821818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01068     Document Type: Article

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