Regulation of the MexAB-OprM Multidrug Efflux System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Involvement of Pentachlorophenol and Plant Chemicals

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common soil organism as well as an opportunistic human pathogen. Treatment of P. aeruginosa infections is often complicated by innate resistance to a variety of antimicrobials mediated by multidrug efflux systems. The MexAB-OprM efflux system is constitutively expressed i...

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Main Author: STARR, LISA MICHELLE
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6038