Molecular basis of Yersinia enterocolitica temperature-dependent resistance to antimicrobial peptides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3173-3188

  Reinés, Mar ^a,b   Llobet, Enrique ^a   Llompart, Catalina M ^a   Moranta, David ^a   Pérez Gutiérrez, Camino ^a   Bengoechea, José A ^a,b  

^a Recinto Hospital Joan March   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOARABINOSE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LIPID A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE OPS; MAGAININ 1; MAGAININ 2; PALMITIC ACID; POLYMYXIN B; PROTAMINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEYER PATCH; PHOPQ BACTERIAL GENE; PMRAB BACTERIAL GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; ROVA BACTERIAL GENE; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPID A; LIVER; MICE; O ANTIGENS; PALMITATES; PEYER'S PATCHES; POLYMYXIN B; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 84863995894     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00308-12     Document Type: Article

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