The osmotic stress response and virulence in pyelonephritis isolates of Escherichia coli: Contributions of RpoS, ProP, ProU and other systems

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1657-1670

  Culham, D E ^a   Lu, A ^a   Jishage, M ^a   Krogfelt, K A ^a   Ishihama, A ^a   Wood, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glycine betaine; Osmoregulation; Trehalose; UPEC

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCINE; PROLINE; PROP PROTEIN; PROU PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TREHALOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT TOLERANCE; INOCULATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOLALITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYELONEPHRITIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034975961     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-6-1657     Document Type: Article

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