Dimeric Brucella abortus Irr protein controls its own expression and binds haem

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3427-3433

  Martínez, Marcela ^a   Ugalde, Rodolfo A ^a   Almirón, Marta ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DIMER; HEME; IRON RESPONSE REGULATOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTOPORPHYRIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; HEME SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON DEPLETION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 27144460913     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28213-0     Document Type: Article

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