Leptospira spp. possess a complete haem biosynthetic pathway and are able to use exogenous haem sources

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-754

  Guégan, Rozenn ^a,b   Camadro, Jean Michel ^c   Saint Girons, Isabelle ^a   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE; GROWTH FACTOR; HEME; HEMIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; HEMA GENE; HEMB GENE; HEMC GENE; HEME GENE; HEMH GENE; HEML GENE; HEMN GENE; HEMY GENE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERROCHELATASE; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEME; HEMIN; HYDROXYMETHYLBILANE SYNTHASE; IRON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIROCHAETALES; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHETASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; SPIROCHAETALES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 18344404702     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03589.x     Document Type: Article

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