What do proton motive force driven multidrug resistance transporters have in common?

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-22

  Mazurkiewicz, Piotr ^a,b   Driessen, Arnold J M ^a   Konings, Wil N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; DAUNORUBICIN; DEQUALINIUM; DOXORUBICIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; GENTAMICIN; HOE 33342; LINCOSAMIDE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; PARAQUAT; PUROMYCIN; PYRONINE; QUININE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACHLORSALAN; TETRACYCLINE; TETRAPHENYLARSONIUM; TETRAPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CANCER CELL; CELL DIVISION; DRUG BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTON-MOTIVE FORCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 9444222492     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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