Bacterial Multidrug Efflux Pumps at the Frontline of Antimicrobial Resistance: An Overview

• Main Authors: Lulu Huang (Author), Cuirong Wu (Author), Haijiao Gao (Author), Chao Xu (Author), Menghong Dai (Author), Lingli Huang (Author), Haihong Hao (Author), Xu Wang (Author), Guyue Cheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Multidrug efflux pumps function at the frontline to protect bacteria against antimicrobials by decreasing the intracellular concentration of drugs. This protective barrier consists of a series of transporter proteins, which are located in the bacterial cell membrane and periplasm and remove diverse...