Bacillus cereus Fur regulates iron metabolism and is required for full virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 569-577

  Harvie, Duncan R ^a,b   Vílchez, Susana ^a   Steggles, James R ^a   Ellar, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FERRIC UPTAKE REPRESSOR PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KANAMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INSECT; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NULL ALLELE; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; LARVA; MANDUCA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 14044278786     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27744-0     Document Type: Article

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