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Drug extrusion in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1997
Kaidoh K, Kimura M, Miyauchi S, Nara T, Kamo N
Abstract excerpt
We selected a mutant of Corynebacterium glutamicum, EBR, which can grow in a medium containing cytotoxic ethidium bromide (EtBr) at a high concentration of 100 microM. The resistance to EtBr in the mutant was reversed by 2 microM reserpine, a potent inhibitor of mammalian p-glycoprotein and bacterial multidrug resistance (MDR) transporter, whereas reserpine alone had a minimal effect on cell growth. The mutant...
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