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Gene Cloning and Characterization of MdeA, a Novel Multidrug Efflux Pump in Streptococcus mutans
25 Mar 2013
Abstract excerpt
Multidrug resistance, especially multidrug efflux mechanisms that extrude structurally unrelated cytotoxic compounds from the cell by multidrug transporters, is a serious problem and one of the main reasons for the failure of therapeutic treatment of infections by pathogenic microorganisms as well as of cancer cells. Streptococcus mutans is considered one of the primary causative agents of dental caries and...
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