lbtA and lbtB are required for production of the Legionella pneumophila siderophore legiobactin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1351-1363

  Allard, Kimberly A ^a   Viswanathan, V K ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHARCOAL; CITRIC ACID; IRON; LEGIOBACTIN; SIDEROPHORE; SIDEROPHORE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LBTA GENE; LBTB GENE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CITRIC ACID; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; HARTMANNELLA; HUMANS; IRON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LIGASES; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIDEROPHORES; U937 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 32544436456     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.4.1351-1363.2006     Document Type: Article

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