Avoidance of iron toxicity through regulation of bacterial iron transport

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 779-786

  Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron; Regulation; Toxicity; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL PH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOPLASM; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; GENE INDUCTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; HUMANS; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIDEROPHORES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030861787     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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