Zinc uptake contributes to motility and provides a competitive advantage to Proteus mirabilis during experimental urinary tract infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2823-2833

  Nielubowicz, Greta R ^a   Smith, Sara N ^a   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; COBALT; COPPER; FLAGELLIN; IRON; NICKEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZNUC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS INFECTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; IRON; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NURSING HOMES; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 77952715693     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01220-09     Document Type: Article

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