TETR-FAMILY TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA: CONSERVATION, VARIATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EFFLUX-MEDIATED ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

TetR-family transcription factors in Gram-negative bacteria: conservation, variation and implications for efflux-mediated antimicrobial resistance

Abstract Background TetR-family transcriptional regulators (TFTRs) are DNA binding factors that regulate gene expression in bacteria.Well-studied TFTRs, such as AcrR, which regulates efflux pump expression, are usually encoded alongside target operons.Recently, it has emerged that there are many TFTRs which act as global multi-target regulators.Our

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Fear of Crime in South Korea

This study provides analyses of data on crime-associated trepidation obtained from surveys administered to college students in South Korea.The survey contained questions about, and the analyses distinguished between, offense-specific fears (fear of burglary and fear of home invasion), perceived risk of victimization (day and night), and crime avoid

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Fetal Primary Cardiac Tumors During Perinatal Period

Fetal primary cardiac tumors are rare, but they may cause complications, which are sometimes life threatening, including arrhythmias, hydrops fetalis, ventricular outflow/inflow obstruction, cardiac failure, and even sudden death.Among fetal primary cardiac tumors, rhabdomyomas are most common, followed by teratomas, fibromas, hemangiomas, and myxo

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South African Private Security Contractors Active in Armed Conflicts: Citizenship, Prosecution and the Right to Wor

South Africa has adopted two pieces of legislation since 1998 aimed at restricting one of the fastest growing sectors of the global Outdoor Loveseat with Table economy: the private security industry.Not only is this legislation completely unique, but it appears wholly at odds with international opinion.In this article we place private security cont

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