EfaR Is a major regulator of Enterococcus faecalis manganese transporters and influences processes involved in host colonization and infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 935-944

  Abrantes, M C ^a,b   Kok, J ^b   de F Lopesa, M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c IBET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; FERRIC ION; IRON DEPENDENT REPRESSOR; MANGANESE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOST RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPRESSOR GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MANGANESE; METALS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874687488     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06377-11     Document Type: Article

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