Characterization of a mutant of Vibrio vulnificus for heme utilization

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-106

  Miyoshi, Shin ichi ^a   Inami, Yu ^a   Moriya, Yuko ^a   Kamei, Takehito ^a   Rahman, Md Monzur ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeo ^a   Tomochika, Ken ichi ^a   Shinoda, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

heme utilization; pathogenesis; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

HEMATIN; HEME; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; HEMIN; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; VIBRIO;

EID: 0031104712     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00022-0     Document Type: Article

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