QseC-mediated depnosphorylation of QseB is required for expression of genes associated with virulence in uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1020-1031

  Kostakioti, Maria ^a   Hadjifrangiskou, Maria ^a   Pinkner, Jerome S ^a   Hultgren, Scott J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; QSEB PROTEIN, E COLI; QSEC PROTEIN, E COLI; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLADDER; C3H MOUSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70350145580     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06826.x     Document Type: Article

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