Article
The role of the Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) in regulation of Helicobacter pylori iron uptake.
Helicobacter - 1 Aug 2002
van Vliet Arnoud H M, Stoof Jeroen, Vlasblom Ronald, Wainwright Stuart A, Hughes Nicola J, Kelly David J, Bereswill Stefan, Bijlsma Jetta J E, Hoogenboezem Theo, Vandenbroucke-Grauls Christina M J E, Kist Manfred, Kuipers Ernst J, Kusters Johannes G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Availability of the essential nutrient iron is thought to vary greatly in the gastric mucosa, and thus the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori requires regulatory responses to these environmental changes. Bacterial iron-responsive regulation is often mediated by Ferric Uptake Regulator (Fur) homologs, and in this study we have determined the role of H. pylori Fur in regulation of H. pylori iron...
Topics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Biological Transport
- Carrier Proteins
- Culture Media
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Helicobacter pylori
- Humans
