Microbial Urease in Health and Disease

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Mora, Diego ^a   Arioli, Stefania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL ENZYME; UREASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; NITROGEN;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASES; ENZYMOLOGY; HEALTH; METABOLISM; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEALTH; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; NITROGEN; UREASE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84919665937     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004472     Document Type: Article

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