The high-affinity phosphate transporter Pst in Proteus mirabilis HI4320 and its importance in biofilm formation

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1523-1535

  O'May, G A ^a   Jacobsen, S M ^a   Longwell, M ^b   Stoodley, P ^b   Mobley, H L T ^c   Shirtliff, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ACETOIN PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA ASPARTYL DIPEPTIDASE; AMINOBENZOYL GLUTAMATE UTILIZATION PROTEIN; ASPARAGINASE; ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; DEOXYRIBOSE PHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; DIPEPTIDASE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE BINDING PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; GLYCINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 CHAPERON PROTEIN DNAK; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATE BINDING PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; PROLINE IMINOPEPTIDASE; PROTEIN DNAK; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEOME; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE SPECIFIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN A, BACTERIA; PHOSPHATE-SPECIFIC TRANSPORT PROTEIN A, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; UPREGULATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; PROTEUS INFECTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHATE-BINDING PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; PROTEOMICS; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 66849131094     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.026500-0     Document Type: Article

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