Agrobacterium tumefaciens fur has important physiological roles in iron and manganese homeostasis, the oxidative stress response, and full virulence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4760-4768

  Kitphati, Worawan ^a,b   Ngok ngam, Patchara ^a,c   Suwanmaneerat, Sukanya ^a   Sukchawalit, Rojana ^a   Mongkolsuk, Skorn ^a,c  

^a Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOSTASIS; STRESS RESPONSE; VIRULENCE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

BACTERIA;

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHELATING AGENT; FERRIC ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MANGANESE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN FUR; PROTEIN SITA; RUFOCROMOMYCIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENE; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MANGANESE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIDEROPHORE; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MANGANESE HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT TUMOR; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SITA GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DISEASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TOBACCO; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34547775059     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00531-07     Document Type: Article

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