Differential regulation of the Proteus mirabilis urease gene cluster by UreR and H-NS

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3383-3394

  Poore, Carrie A ^a   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CURVED DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; POLYADENYLIC ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPACER DNA; UREA; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0346252350     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26624-0     Document Type: Article

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