Iron and pH homeostasis intersect at the level of fur regulation in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 602-614

  Gancz, Hanan ^a   Censini, Stefano ^b   Merrell, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUR PROTEIN; IRON; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GERBIL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON BALANCE; MALE; MONGOLIAN GERBIL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; STOMACH; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GERBILLINAE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 29644439241     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.602-614.2006     Document Type: Article

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