A nickel ABC-transporter of Staphylococcus aureus is involved in urinary tract infection

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1246-1260

  Hiron, Aurelia ^a   Posteraro, Brunella ^b   Carrière, Marie ^c   Remy, Laetitia ^a   Delporte, Cécile ^a   La Sorda, Marilena ^b   Sanguinetti, Maurizio ^b   Juillard, Vincent ^a   Borezée Durant, Elise ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NICKEL; PROTEIN OPP5A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIK GENE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956150874     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07287.x     Document Type: Article

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