Communications biology
Envelope destabilization by AcrAB2NodT overexpression links antibiotic resistance to metal sensitivity in Caulobacter vibrioides.
Marine Ote, Lorine Lardinois, Erika Hendrickx, Marc Dieu, Dukas Jurėnas, Jean-Yves Matroule
Published: 202610.1038/s42003-026-09606-x
Abstract
Antibiotic (AB) resistance often arises through mutations that alter AB targets, reduce membrane permeability, or increase efflux activity, yet its physiological costs remain poorly understood. In Caulobacter vibrioides, a ΔtipR mutant that constitut…
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