Characterization of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase and UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase mutants of proteus mirabilis: Defectiveness in polymyxin B resistance, swarming, and virulence

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2000-2009

  Jiang, Sin Sien ^a   Lin, Tzu Yi ^a   Wang, Won Bo ^a   Liu, Ming Che ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b   Liaw, Shwu Jen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMYXIN B; SIGMA FACTOR; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CELL SURFACE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLIN; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMYXIN B; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77951239006     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01384-09     Document Type: Article

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