The small RNA RyhB contributes to siderophore production and virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5056-5068

  Porcheron, Gaëlle ^a   Habib, Rima ^a   Houle, Sébastien ^a   Caza, Mélissa ^a,d   Lépine, François ^a   Daigle, France ^b   Massé, Eric ^c   Dozois, Charles M ^a,b  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCHELIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; PROTEIN IUCD; PROTEIN RYHB; PROTEIN SHIA; SALMOCHELIN; SHIKIMIC ACID; SIDEROPHORE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPORE GERMINATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI CFT073; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BLADDER; CBA MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE, INBRED CBA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SIDEROPHORES; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84911406535     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02287-14     Document Type: Article

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