The ferric uptake regulator of Helicobacter pylori: A critical player in the battle for iron and colonization of the stomach

Future Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 725-738

  Pich, Oscar Q ^a   Merrell, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

colonization; ferric uptake regulator; gastric cancer; Helicobacter pylori; inflammation; iron; iron acquisition; iron metabolism; virulence

Indexed keywords

CAGA PROTEIN; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; VACUOLATING TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FENTON REACTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLAMMATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH PH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH; VIRULENCE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STOMACH; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84878340384     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.13.43     Document Type: Review

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