Urease of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Evidence for regulation by Fur and a trans-acting factor

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1027-1031

  Heimer, Susan R ^a   Welch, Rod A ^a   Perna, Nicole T ^a   Pósfai, György ^a   Evans, Peter S ^a   Kaper, James B ^a   Blattner, Fred R ^a   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

ACID TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UREASE;

EID: 0036156270     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.2.1027-1031.2002     Document Type: Article

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