Conditional stability of the HemA protein (Glutamyl-tRNA reductase) regulates heme biosynthesis in Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1211-1219

  Wang, Liying ^a   Elliott, Meenal ^a   Elliott, Thomas ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEMOPROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032986721     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1211-1219.1999     Document Type: Article

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