Integration of Environmental Signals Controls Expression of Bordetella Heme Utilization Genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 938-948

  Vanderpoolt, Carin K ^a,c   Armstrong, Sandra K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BHUR PROTEIN, BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HEME; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HURI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BHU GENE; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA HEME UTILIZATION GENE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 1142310717     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.938-948.2004     Document Type: Article

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