Brucella abortus ure2 region contains an acid-activated urea transporter and a nickel transport system

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sangari, Félix J ^a   Cayón, Ana M ^a   Seoane, Asunción ^a   García Lobo, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; NICKEL; UREA; UREASE; ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UREA TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URE 2 GENE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NICKEL; OPERON; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UREASE;

EID: 77950637624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-107     Document Type: Article

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