A novel zinc binding system, zevAB, is critical for survival of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae in a murine lung infection model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3366-3376

  Rosadini, Charles V ^a   Gawronski, Jeffrey D ^a   Raimunda, Daniel ^b   Argüello, José M ^b   Akerley, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ZINC; ZINC BINDING ESSENTIAL FOR VIRULENCE A; ZINC BINDING ESSENTIAL FOR VIRULENCE B; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONTYPEABLE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMALS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZINC;

EID: 79961103204     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05135-11     Document Type: Article

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