Role of the Pst system in plaque formation by the intracellular pathogen Shigella flexneri

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1404-1410

  Runyen Janecky, L J ^a   Boyle, A M ^a   Kizzee, A ^b   Liefer, L ^a   Payne, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ICSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABC TRANSPORTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PHOB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE SPECIFIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN A, BACTERIA; PHOSPHATE-SPECIFIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN A, BACTERIA; PSTS PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL STRAIN HENLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PST GENE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; WILD TYPE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MUTATION; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 15544369053     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.3.1404-1410.2005     Document Type: Article

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