Heme-responsive transcriptional activation of Bordetella bhu genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 909-917

  Vanderpool, Carin K ^a   Armstrong, Sandra K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEME; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037309146     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.3.909-917.2003     Document Type: Article

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