Transcription of the Corynebacterium diphtheriae hmuO gene is regulated by iron and heme

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4634-4641

  Schmitt, Michael P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030732290     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4634-4641.1997     Document Type: Article

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