Bacillus anthracis IsdG, a heme-degrading monooxygenase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1071-1080

  Skaar, Eric P ^a,b   Gaspar, Andrew H ^a,c   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HEME; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; ISDG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISDG GENE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 31344432103     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1071-1080.2006     Document Type: Article

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