Toxin-Antitoxin Systems Are Important for Niche-Specific Colonization and Stress Resistance of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Norton, J Paul ^a   Mulvey, Matthew A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TOXIN ANTITOXIN SYSTEM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLADDER; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRESS;

ANIMALS; ANTITOXINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE;

EID: 84868113986     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002954     Document Type: Article

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