Riboflavin biosynthesis is associated with assimilatory ferric reduction and iron acquisition by Campylobacter jejuni

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 7819-7825

  Crossley, Rachel A ^a   Gaskin, Duncan J H ^a   Holmes, Kathryn ^a,c   Mulholland, Francis ^a   Wells, Jerry M ^a,d   Kelly, David J ^b   Van Vliet, Arnoud H M ^a   Walton, Nicholas J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; OXYGEN; PATHOGENS;

ASSIMILATORY FERRIC REDUCTION; IRON ACQUISITION; RIBB MUTANTS; RIBOFLAVIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

PROTEINS;

FERRIC ION; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; QUERCETIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; IRON; PATHOGEN; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUR GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION; RIBB GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DIACETYL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; GENE DELETION; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOFLAVIN;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 37349057886     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01919-07     Document Type: Article

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