Yersinia pestis TonB: Role in iron, heme, and hemoprotein utilization

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4159-4162

  Perry, Robert D ^a   Shah, Jessica ^a   Bearden, Scott W ^a,b   Thompson, Jan M ^a   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME; HEMIN; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SIDEROPHORE; TONB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIABACTIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TONB GENE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0037634091     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.4159-4162.2003     Document Type: Article

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