Alternative folding pathways of the major porin OprF of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

E Sugawara, K Nagano, H Nikaido - The FEBS journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
OprF is the major porin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and allows very slow, nonspecific,
diffusion of solutes. The low permeability of this porin channel is a major factor that …

Molecular characterization of a 40 kDa OmpC-like porin from Serratia marcescens

JA Hutsul, E Worobec - Microbiology, 1994 - microbiologyresearch.org
An oligonucleotide that encodes the N-terminal portion of a 41 kDa porin of Serratia
marcescens was used to probe S. marcescens UOC-51 genomic DNA. An 11 kb Eco RI …

Toward screening for antibiotics with enhanced permeation properties through bacterial porins

E Hajjar, A Bessonov, A Molitor, A Kumar… - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
Gram-negative bacteria are protected by an outer membrane barrier, and to reach their
periplasmic target, penicillins have to diffuse through outer membrane porins such as OmpF …

Investigation of outer membrane porin OmpC mutation mediated relationship between cefotaxime antibiotic resistance and T4 phage resistance in Escherichia coli

E Hakkinen, D Li, A Mslati - Undergraduate Journal of …, 2020 - ojs.library.ubc.ca
Outer membrane porin C (OmpC) is a protein porin found on the outer membrane of Gram-
negative bacteria. In Escherichia coli, OmpC allows entry of hydrophilic molecules in to the …

[HTML][HTML] Outer membrane proteins: key players for bacterial adaptation in host niches

J Lin, S Huang, Q Zhang - Microbes and infection, 2002 - Elsevier
Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Gram-negative bacteria have diverse functions and are
directly involved in the interaction with various environments encountered by pathogenic …

A conserved small RNA promotes silencing of the outer membrane protein YbfM

AA Rasmussen, J Johansen, JS Nielsen… - Molecular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
In the past few years an increasing number of small non‐coding RNAs (sRNAs) in
enterobacteria have been found to negatively regulate the expression of outer membrane …

The regulatory RNA gene micF is present in several species of Gram‐negative bacteria and is phylogenetically conserved

L Esterling, N Delihas - Molecular microbiology, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Summary micF RNA post‐transcriptionally regulates Escherichia coli outer membrane
protein F (OmpF), in response to temperature increase and other environmental stress …

Are outer-membrane targets the solution for MDR Gram-negative bacteria?

SS Walker, TA Black - Drug discovery today, 2021 - Elsevier
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria confers a significant barrier to many
antibacterial agents targeting periplasmic and cytosolic functions.'Synergist'approaches to …

Relationship between the expression of ompF and quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli

R Kishii, M Takei - Journal of infection and chemotherapy, 2009 - Springer
The outer membrane porin protein, OmpF, is widely found in gram-negative bacteria. It is
known that the decreased expression of OmpF causes resistance to multiple antibiotics …

Outer membrane permeability and antibiotic resistance

AH Delcour - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2009 - Elsevier
To date most antibiotics are targeted at intracellular processes, and must be able to
penetrate the bacterial cell envelope. In particular, the outer membrane of gram-negative …