Helicobacter pylori ribBA-mediated riboflavin production is involved in iron acquisition

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1473-1479

  Worst, Dennis J ^a   Gerrits, Monique M ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina M J E ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; FERRIC ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031916447     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1473-1479.1998     Document Type: Article

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