Stress responses in the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii

Future Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-365

  Fiester, Steven E ^a   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; ethanol; indole 3 acetic acid; iron; motility; proteomics; reactive species; transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FERRITIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; HEME; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; IRON TRANSPORT; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874737129     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.150     Document Type: Review

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