Proteus mirabilis Genes That Contribute to Pathogenesis of Urinary Tract Infection: Identification of 25 Signature-Tagged Mutants Attenuated at Least 100-Fold

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2922-2938

  Burall, Laurel S ^a   Harro, Janette M ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Lockatell, C Virginia ^a   Himpsl, Stephanie D ^a   Hebel, J Richard ^a   Johnson, David E ^a,b   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

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

^b Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2142751620     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2922-2938.2004     Document Type: Article

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