Use of heme compounds as iron sources by pathogenic neisseriae requires the product of the hemO gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 439-447

  Zhu, Wenming ^a   Hunt, Desiree J ^a   Richardson, Anthony R ^a   Stojiljkovic, Igor ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME DERIVATIVE; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; IRON METABOLISM; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PORPHYRINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0033988059     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.439-447.2000     Document Type: Article

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