Gene Review:
efpA - efflux protein
Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551
- The Mycobacterium tuberculosis iniA gene is essential for activity of an efflux pump that confers drug tolerance to both isoniazid and ethambutol. Colangeli, R., Helb, D., Sridharan, S., Sun, J., Varma-Basil, M., Hazbón, M.H., Harbacheuski, R., Megjugorac, N.J., Jacobs, W.R., Holzenburg, A., Sacchettini, J.C., Alland, D. Mol. Microbiol. (2005)
- Mechanisms of resistance to fluoroquinolones: state-of-the-art 1992-1994. Piddock, L.J. Drugs (1995)
- Ethambutol, a cell wall inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, elicits L-glutamate efflux of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Radmacher, E., Stansen, K.C., Besra, G.S., Alderwick, L.J., Maughan, W.N., Hollweg, G., Sahm, H., Wendisch, V.F., Eggeling, L. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2005)
- Efflux pump of the proton antiporter family confers low-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Takiff, H.E., Cimino, M., Musso, M.C., Weisbrod, T., Martinez, R., Delgado, M.B., Salazar, L., Bloom, B.R., Jacobs, W.R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1996)
- Role of mycobacterial efflux transporters in drug resistance: an unresolved question. De Rossi, E., Aínsa, J.A., Riccardi, G. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. (2006)
- Isoniazid's Bactericidal Activity Ceases because of the Emergence of Resistance, Not Depletion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Log Phase of Growth. Gumbo, T., Louie, A., Liu, W., Ambrose, P.G., Bhavnani, S.M., Brown, D., Drusano, G.L. J. Infect. Dis. (2007)
- mmpL7 gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for isoniazid efflux in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Pasca, M.R., Guglierame, P., De Rossi, E., Zara, F., Riccardi, G. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2005)
- Role of acid pH and deficient efflux of pyrazinoic acid in unique susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide. Zhang, Y., Scorpio, A., Nikaido, H., Sun, Z. J. Bacteriol. (1999)
- Efflux pump-mediated intrinsic drug resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Li, X.Z., Zhang, L., Nikaido, H. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2004)
- Characterization of P55, a multidrug efflux pump in Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Silva, P.E., Bigi, F., de la Paz Santangelo, M., Romano, M.I., Martín, C., Cataldi, A., Aínsa, J.A. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2001)
- Rv2686c-Rv2687c-Rv2688c, an ABC fluoroquinolone efflux pump in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Pasca, M.R., Guglierame, P., Arcesi, F., Bellinzoni, M., De Rossi, E., Riccardi, G. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2004)
- Genomics and the chemotherapy of leprosy. Grosset, J.H., Cole, S.T. Leprosy review. (2001)
- Signature gene expression profiles discriminate between isoniazid-, thiolactomycin-, and triclosan-treated Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Betts, J.C., McLaren, A., Lennon, M.G., Kelly, F.M., Lukey, P.T., Blakemore, S.J., Duncan, K. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2003)
- Molecular cloning and characterization of Tap, a putative multidrug efflux pump present in Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Aínsa, J.A., Blokpoel, M.C., Otal, I., Young, D.B., De Smet, K.A., Martín, C. J. Bacteriol. (1998)