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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2004, p. 2274-2276, Vol. 48, No. 6
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2274-2276.2004
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Regulatory Regions of smeDEF in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Strains Expressing Different Amounts of the Multidrug Efflux Pump SmeDEF
Patricia Sanchez, Ana Alonso, and Jose L. Martinez*
Departamento
de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de
Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus Universidad Autónoma
de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain
Received 22 July 2003/
Returned for modification 3 November 2003/
Accepted 21 February 2004
The
smeT-smeDEF region and the smeT gene, which encodes
the smeDEF repressor, are highly polymorphic. Few changes in
smeT might be associated with smeDEF overexpression.
The results obtained with cellular extracts suggest that mutant SmeT
proteins cannot bind to the operator and that other transcription
factors besides SmeT are involved in the regulation of smeDEF
expression.
* Corresponding
author. Mailing address: Departamento de Biotecnología
Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain.
Phone: 34-91-5854542. Fax: 34-91-5854506. E-mail:
jlmtnez{at}cnb.uam.es.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, June 2004, p. 2274-2276, Vol. 48, No. 6
0066-4804/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2274-2276.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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