Contribution of urease to colonization by shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2589-2600

  Steyert, Susan R ^a   Kaper, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CECUM; COLON; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; NITROGEN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TIME FACTORS; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 84864797075     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00210-12     Document Type: Article

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