An intracellular iron chelator pleiotropically suppresses enzymatic and growth defects of superoxide dismutase-deficient Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3792-3802

  Maringanti, Sujatha ^a   Imlay, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBON; DIAMINOPIMELIC ACID; DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE REDUCTASE; DIPICOLINIC ACID; HYDROLYASE; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; LYSINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SULFUR AMINO ACID; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAHYDRODIPICOLINATE N SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME DEFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033023921     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3792-3802.1999     Document Type: Article

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