Absence of ZnuABC-mediated zinc uptake affects virulence-associated phenotypes of uropathogenic Escherichia coli CFT073 under Zn(II)-depleted conditions

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 300, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Gunasekera, Thusitha S ^a   Herre, Andrew H ^a   Crowder, Michael W ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal ion homeostasis; Uropathogenic Escherichia coli; Zn(II) uptake; ZnuABC (high affinity uptake system)

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 70349675541     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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