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Regulation of polymyxin resistance and adaptation to low-Mg2+ environments.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 1997
Groisman E A, Kayser J, Soncini F C
Abstract excerpt
The PmrA-PmrB two-component system of Salmonella typhimurium controls resistance to the peptide antibiotic polymyxin B and to several antimicrobial proteins from human neutrophils. Amino acid substitutions in the regulatory protein PmrA conferring resistance to polymyxin lower the overall negative charge of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which results in decreased bacterial binding to cationic polypeptides and...
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