Molecular characterization of upab and upac, two new autotransporter proteins of uropathogenic escherichia coli CFT073

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 321-332

  Allsopp, Luke P ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^b,c   Ulett, Glen C ^d   Valle, Jaione ^b,c,e   Totsika, Makrina ^a   Sherlock, Orla ^a,f   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^b,c   Schembri, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^f DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN UPAB; PROTEIN UPAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMG PROTEIN, E COLI; SCLEROPROTEIN; UPAB PROTEIN, E COLI; UPAC PROTEIN, E COLI; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; BLADDER; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84857097144     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05322-11     Document Type: Article

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