Identification of iron-regulated outer membrane proteins in uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis and its relationship with heme uptake

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Piccini, C D ^a   Barbe F M ^a   Legnani Fajardo, C L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Hemin binding protein; Iron limitation; Outer membrane protein; Proteus mirabilis

Indexed keywords

MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME; HEME BINDING PROTEIN; HEME-BINDING PROTEIN; HEMIN; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; HEMIN; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032529963     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13897.x     Document Type: Article

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