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mar Operon involved in multidrug resistance of Enterobacter aerogenes
Renaud Chollet1, Claude Bollet, Jacqueline Chevalier
1Enveloppe Bactérienne, Antibiotiques et Colonisation, CJF 9606-EA 2197, Facultés de Médecine et Pharmacie, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
|March 19, 2002
Abstract:
We determined the sequence of the entire marRAB operon in Enterobacter aerogenes. It is functionally and structurally analogous to the Escherichia coli operon. The overexpression of E. aerogenes MarA induces a multidrug resistance phenotype in a susceptible strain, demonstrated by a noticeable resistance to various antibiotics, a decrease in immunodetected porins, and active efflux of norfloxacin.