Bacterial heme sources: The role of heme, hemoprotein receptors and hemophores

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 215-220

  Wandersman, Cécile ^a   Stojiljkovic, Igor ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEME DERIVATIVE; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034112116     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00078-3     Document Type: Review

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