Construction and consequences of directed mutations affecting the hemin receptor in pathogenic Corynebacterium species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1476-1481

  Schmitt, M P ^a   Drazek, E S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMIN; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035139975     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.4.1476-1481.2001     Document Type: Article

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