Identification of a two-component signal transduction system from Corynebacterium diphtheriae that activates gene expression in response to the presence of heme and hemoglobin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5330-5340

  Schmitt, Michael P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; IRON METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE;

EID: 0032833084     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5330-5340.1999     Document Type: Article

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