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Role of urease in the formation of infection stones: comparison of ureases from different sources.

Infection and immunity ·Vol. 32 ·No. 1 ·1981-04-00 ·Pages 32-7

Rosenstein IJ, Hamilton-Miller JM, Brumfitt W

Abstract

Bacterial and vegetable ureases were found to differ in certain important respects. For maximal clinical relevance, in vitro studies on the pathogenic role of urease should use whole bacterial cells of Proteus spp., and urease inhibitors should be assessed without preincubation of enzyme with inhibitor. Urease from Proteus morganii was very different from ureases of other species of Proteus; this factor should be taken into account when infections with P. morganii are being treated.

MeSH Terms
Calculi/enzymology Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Escherichia coli/enzymology Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Hydroxamic Acids/pharmacology Hydroxyurea/pharmacology Molecular Weight Proteus mirabilis/enzymology Proteus vulgaris/enzymology Soybeans Urease/metabolism
Chemicals
Hydroxamic Acids acetohydroxamic acid benurestat Urease Hydroxyurea
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Rosenstein I J
Hamilton-Miller J M
Brumfitt W
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Article Info
Journal
Infection and immunity
Abbr.
Infect Immun
ISSN
0019-9567
Published
1981-04-00
Pages
32-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0246127
PMCID
PMC350582
Subset
IM
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