The AngR protein and the siderophore anguibactin positively regulate the expression of iron-transport genes in Vibrio anguillarum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 127-134

  Chen, Qian ^a,c   Wertheimer, Anne M ^a   Tolmasky, Marcelo E ^b   Crosa, Jorge H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUIBACTIN; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; VIBRIO;

EID: 0029841666     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02662.x     Document Type: Article

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