An ideR mutant of Mycobacterium smegmatis has derepressed siderophore production and an altered oxidative-stress response

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 535-544

  Dussurget, Olivier ^a,b   Rodriguez, Marcela ^a,c   Smith, Issar ^a,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON METABOLISM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029809920     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.1461511.x     Document Type: Article

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