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Cloning and characterization of SmeDEF, a novel multidrug efflux pump from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2000
Alonso A, Martínez J L
Abstract excerpt
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a nosocomial bacterial pathogen intrinsically resistant to several antibiotics. The mechanisms involved in this intrinsic multiresistance phenotype are poorly understood. A library of chromosomal DNA from a spontaneous multidrug-resistant S. maltophilia D457R mutant (A. Alonso and J. L. Martinez, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 41:1140-1142, 1997) was screened for complementation of...
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