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Clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa overproducing MexAB-OprM and MexXY efflux pumps simultaneously.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2004
Llanes Catherine, Hocquet Didier, Vogne Christelle, Benali-Baitich Dounia, Neuwirth Catherine, Plésiat Patrick
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Simultaneous overexpression of the MexAB-OprM and MexXY efflux systems was demonstrated by real-time reverse transcription-PCR and immunoblotting experiments for 12 multiresistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. DNA sequencing analysis showed that nine of these strains (named agrZ mutants) harbored mutations in mexZ, the product of which downregulates the expression of the mexXY operon. In addition,...
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