The cation-uptake regulators AdcR and Fur are necessary for full virulence of Streptococcus suis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 246-249

  Aranda, Jesús ^a   Garrido, Maria Elena ^a   Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^b   Cortés, Pilar ^a   Llagostera, Montserrat ^a   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^b   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AdcR; Fur; Streptoccus suis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADCR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADCR GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATION TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FUR GENE; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CATIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77954819369     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.12.037     Document Type: Article

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