PhoU enhances the ability of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strain CFT073 to colonize the murine urinary tract

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-160

  Buckles, Eric L ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^a   Lockatell, C Virginia ^a   Johnson, David E ^a,b   Donnenberg, Michael S ^a  

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

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN PHOU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; KIDNEY CELL CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPOSON; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE UROGENITAL DISEASES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

EID: 30744462076     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28281-0     Document Type: Article

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