Elemental iron does repress transferrin, haemopexin and haemoglobin receptor expression in Haemophilus influenzae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Hasan, Abdulaziz A ^a   Holland, Julie ^a   Smith, Ann ^b   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemophilus influenzae; iron; protoporphyrin IX; regulation; transferrin; transferrin binding proteins

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN RECEPTOR; HEMOPEXIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEME; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOPEXIN; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0030999548     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00089-X     Document Type: Article

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