Iron Acquisition by Legionella pneumophila

BioMetals

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 323-331

  Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c maturation; FeoB; Legiobactin; Legionnaires' disease; Siderophores

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; ALCALIGIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; IRON; LEGIOBACTIN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; RHIZOBACTIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOST CELL; IRON BALANCE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SINORHIZOBIUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; IRON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; SIDEROPHORES;

BORDETELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAMMALIA; MUS; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 34248666720     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10534-006-9057-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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