Differential role of ferritins in iron metabolism and virulence of the plant-pathogenic bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi 3937

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1518-1530

  Boughammoura, Aïda ^a   Matzanke, Berthold F ^b   Böttger, Lars ^b   Reverchon, Sylvie ^c   Lesuisse, Emmanuel ^a   Expert, Dominique ^a   Franza, Thierry ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BFR GENE; FTNA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IRON METABOLISM; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHICORY; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERRITINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTOBACTERIUM CHRYSANTHEMI; PLANT LEAVES; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI; ERWINIA CHRYSANTHEMI STR. 3937;

EID: 39749161043     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01640-07     Document Type: Article

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