Growth Phase-Dependent Response of Helicobacter pylori to Iron Starvation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 6510-6525

  Merrell, D Scott ^a   Thompson, Lucinda J ^a,b   Kim, Charles C ^a   Mitchell, Hazel ^b   Tompkins, Lucy S ^a   Lee, Adrian ^b   Falkow, Stanley ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; DNA; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR PROTEIN; IRON; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAGA GENE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON TRANSPORT; NAPA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS; VACA GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0242349626     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.11.6510-6525.2003     Document Type: Article

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