Role of RppA in the regulation of polymyxin B susceptibility, swarming, and virulence factor expression in Proteus mirabilis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2051-2062

  Wang, Won Bo ^a   Chen, I Chun ^a   Jiang, Sin Sien ^a   Chen, Hui Ru ^a   Hsu, Chia Yu ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Hsu, Wei Bin ^a   Liaw, Shwu Jen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; HEMOLYSIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMYXIN B; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RPPA PROTEIN, SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYTOTOXICITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; UROTHELIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UROTHELIUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 42949083310     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01557-07     Document Type: Article

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