Disruption of tetR type regulator adeN by mobile genetic element confers elevated virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii

Virulence

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1316-1334

  Saranathan, Rajagopalan ^a   Pagal, Sudhakar ^a   Sawant, Ajit R ^a   Tomar, Archana ^b   Madhangi, M ^a,c   Sah, Suresh ^a   Satti, Annapurna ^b   Arunkumar, K P ^b   Prashanth, K ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; biofilm; efflux pumps; insertion sequence element; international clone II; SNPs

Indexed keywords

ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 85020316509     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1322240     Document Type: Article

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