Moraxella catarrhalis M35 is a general porin that is important for growth under nutrient-limiting conditions and in the nasopharynges of mice

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7994-8002

  Easton, Donna M ^a   Maier, Elke ^b   Benz, Roland ^b   Foxwell, A Ruth ^a   Cripps, Allan W ^a,c   Kyd, Jennelle M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; IMIPENEM; PORIN; PROTEIN M35; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID BILAYER; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIPID BILAYERS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MORAXELLACEAE INFECTIONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; PORINS;

EID: 57349118496     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01039-08     Document Type: Article

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