Requirement of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa tonB gene for high-affinity iron acquisition and infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4498-4504

  Takase, Hiroyuki ^a   Nitanai, Hironobu ^a   Hoshino, Kazuki ^a   Otani, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOTRANSFERRIN; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; MUTANT PROTEIN; PYOVERDINE; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE INACTIVATION; INFECTION; IRON TRANSPORT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEME; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHENOLS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIDEROPHORES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0033930584     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4498-4504.2000     Document Type: Article

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