Staying alive overdosed: How does Helicobacter pylori control urease activity

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Stingl, Kerstin ^a   De Reuse, Hilde ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Acid resistance; Epigenetic inheritance; Nickel incorporation; Urea channel; Urease accessory proteins; Urel

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; UREASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; UREI PROTEIN, HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL GENE; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC MODEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; NICKEL; UREASE;

EID: 26944483560     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2005.06.006     Document Type: Review

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