LuxS involvement in the regulation of genes coding for hemin and iron acquisition systems in Porphyromonas gingivalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3834-3844

  James, Chloe E ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Park, Yoonsuk ^a   Yeung, Vincent ^a   Tribble, Gena D ^a   Kuboniwa, Masae ^a   Demuth, Donald R ^b   Lamont, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEME; HEMIN; IRON; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN FEOB1; PROTEIN FETB; PROTEIN HMUR; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMIN; HOMOSERINE; IRON; LACTONES; MUTATION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745619582     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01768-05     Document Type: Article

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