Identification of a DtxR-regulated operon that is essential for siderophore-dependent iron uptake in Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4846-4856

  Qian, Yilei ^a   Lee, John H ^a   Holmes, Randall K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN REPRESSOR; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIDEROPHORES;

CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036718574     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4846-4856.2002     Document Type: Article

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