Znu is the predominant zinc importer in Yersinia pestis during in vitro growth but is not essential for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5163-5177

  Desrosiers, Daniel C ^c   Bearden, Scott W ^a,d   Mier Jr , Ildefonso ^a   Abney, Jennifer ^a   Paulley, James T ^a,e   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Salazar, Juan C ^b,c   Radolf, Justin D ^b,c   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Farmington   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PROTEIN EFE; PROTEIN FEO; PROTEIN FETMP; PROTEIN MNTH; PROTEIN YFEA; PROTEIN ZNU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BUBONIC PLAGUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PNEUMONIC PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SURVIVAL; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZINC METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MIDDLE EAST; MUTATION; PLAGUE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ZINC;

EID: 78649931834     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00732-10     Document Type: Article

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