LuxS and arcB control aerobic growth of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans under iron limitation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 298-308

  Fong, Karen P ^a   Gao, Ling ^a   Demuth, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AEROBIOSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037218245     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.1.298-308.2003     Document Type: Article

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