Multidrug efflux pumps at the crossroad between antibiotic resistance and bacterial virulence

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue SEP, 2016, Pages

  Alcalde Rico, Manuel ^a   Hernando Amado, Sara ^a   Blanco, Paula ^a   Martínez, José L ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance mechanisms; Global regulation; Multidrug efflux pumps; Quorum sensing; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EFFLUX RATE CONSTANT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 84994059858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01483     Document Type: Review

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