A novel autotransporter of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis is both a cytotoxin and an agglutinin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 997-1017

  Alamuri, Praveen ^a   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; CHYMOSTATIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYTOTOXIN; LEUPEPTIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEUS TOXIC AGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HYDROLYSIS; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UROPATHOGENIC PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

AGGLUTININS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SUBTILISINS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEUS (ENTEROBACTERIA); PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 42549168663     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06199.x     Document Type: Article

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