The Neisseria meningitidis ZnuD Zinc Receptor Contributes to Interactions with Epithelial Cells and Supports Heme Utilization when Expressed in Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 657-667

  Kumar, Pradeep ^a   Sannigrahi, Soma ^a   Tzeng, Yih Ling ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HEME; IRON; PROTEIN TONB; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC RECEPTOR ZNUD;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MUTATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; ZINC;

EID: 84857948447     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05208-11     Document Type: Article

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