HmsT, a protein essential for expression of the haemin storage (Hms+) phenotype of Yersinia pestis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2117-2128

  Jones, Heather A ^a   Lillard Jr , James W ^a,b   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemin binding; Pigmentation phenotype; Plague; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; HEMIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032820803     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-8-2117     Document Type: Article

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