| Literature DB >> 12019132 |
Chi-Tai Fang1, Haur-Chuan Chen, Yi-Ping Chuang, Shan-Chwen Chang, Jin-Town Wang.
Abstract
Expression libraries of a chlorhexidine-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain were constructed and transformed into Escherichia coli XLOLR. Twenty chlorhexidine-resistant transformants were obtained after selection. All clones contained a novel 903-nucleotide locus. Its sequences were compatible with a cation efflux pump, and the locus was thus designated as cepA. Retransformation using cepA-containing plasmids conferred chlorhexidine resistance to both XLOLR and a chlorhexidine-sensitive K. pneumoniae strain. Therefore, CepA is associated with chlorhexidine resistance and may act as a cation efflux pump.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12019132 PMCID: PMC127239 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.6.2024-2028.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191