Helicobacter pylori HP1512 is a nickel-responsive NikR-regulated outer membrane protein

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 6811-6820

  Davis, Gregg S ^a   Flannery, Erika L ^a   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HP1512; PROTEIN NIKR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FETAL CALF SERUM; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NICKEL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UREASE;

EID: 33845505250     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01188-06     Document Type: Article

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