An iron-regulated outer-membrane protein of Proteus mirabilis is a haem receptor that plays an important role in urinary tract infection and in in vivo growth

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1600-1607

  Lima, Analía ^a   Zunino, Pablo ^a   D'Alessandro, Bruno ^a   Piccini, Claudia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME RECEPTOR; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; IRON RESTRICTION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RAT; TRANSPOSON; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 37249053844     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47320-0     Document Type: Article

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