Construction of a ferritin-deficient mutant of Campylobacter jejuni: Contribution of ferritin to iron storage and protection against oxidative stress

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1127-1134

  Wai, Sun Nyunt ^a   Nakayama, Koji ^a   Umene, Kenichi ^b   Moriya, Tetsuhiro ^a   Amako, Kazunobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FERRITIN; IRON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON STORAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0040731249     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02633.x     Document Type: Article

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