Iron and heme utilization in Porphyromonas gingivalis

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-144

  Olczak, Teresa ^a   Simpson, Waltena ^b   Liu, Xinyan ^c   Genco, Caroline Attardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gingipain; Iron heme transport; Iron heme hemoglobin binding; Outer membrane receptor; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GINGIPAIN; HEME; IRON; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENERGY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTER MEMBRANE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW;

GENES, BACTERIAL; HEME; IRON; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 11844277116     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.09.001     Document Type: Review

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