Shigella dysenteriae ShuS promotes utilization of heme as an iron source and protects against heme toxicity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 5658-5664

  Wyckoff, Elizabeth E ^a   Lopreato, Gregory F ^a,b   Tipton, Kimberly A ^a,c   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GeneXpress Informatics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; PROTEIN SHUA; PROTEIN SHUS; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; SHUS GENE;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HEME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXIDANTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 23644456552     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.16.5658-5664.2005     Document Type: Article

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