HutZ is required for efficient heme utilization in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4142-4151

  Wyckoff, Elizabeth E ^a   Schmitt, Michael ^b   Wilks, Angela ^c   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; IRON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HUTZ; PROTEIN TONB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUTW GENE; HUTX GENE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HEME; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 3042606663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4142-4151.2004     Document Type: Article

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