OmpR regulation of the uropathogenic escherichia coli fimB gene in an acidic/high osmolality environment

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-327

  Rentschler, Ann E ^a   Lovrich, Steven D ^b   Fitton, Robert ^c   Enos Berlage, Jodi ^c   Schwan, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIMB PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTEGRASES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN BINDING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84873653867     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.059386-0     Document Type: Article

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