Characterization of a novel zinc transporter znuA acquired by vibrio parahaemolyticus through horizontal gene transfer

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Ming ^a   Yan, Meiying ^b   Liu, Lizhang ^b   Chen, Sheng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Fitness; Horizontal gene transfer; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Virulence; Znua

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC TRANSPORTER; ZINC TRANSPORTER ZNU A; ABC TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC-BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE DELETION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HELA CELL; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIOSIS; VIRULENCE; ZNUA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HELA CELL LINE;

FITNESS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE; ZNUA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84897923702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00061     Document Type: Article

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