Molecular and biochemical characterization of urease and survival of Yersinia enterocolitica biovar 1A in acidic pH in vitro

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bhagat, Neeru ^a   Virdi, Jugsharan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROLASE; NICKEL; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; UREASE; UREASE B; ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; ISOELECTRIC POINT; KINETICS; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN SECRETION; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA BIOVAR IA; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRULENCE;

YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UREASE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 74849091893     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-262     Document Type: Article

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