Dual zinc transporter systems in Vibrio cholerae promote competitive advantages over gut microbiome

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3902-3908

  Sheng, Ying ^a,b   Fan, Fenxia ^b   Jensen, Owen ^c   Zhong, Zengtao ^a   Kan, Biao ^b,d   Wang, Hui ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a,c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; STREPTOMYCIN; ZINC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZINC HOMEOSTASIS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ZINC;

EID: 84940709283     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00447-15     Document Type: Article

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