RirA, an iron-responsive regulator in the symbiotic bacterium Rhizobium leguminosarum

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4059-4071

  Todd, Jonathan D ^a   Wexler, Margaret ^a   Sawers, Gary ^b   Yeoman, Kay H ^a   Poole, Philip S ^c   Johnston, Andrew W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron mediated regulation; Rhizobia; RirA; Siderophores

Indexed keywords

HEME; IRON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN RIRA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRUCELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; IRON DEFICIENCY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0036947502     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-12-4059     Document Type: Review

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