Porphyromonas gingivalis HmuY and HmuR: Further characterization of a novel mechanism of heme utilization

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-210

  Olczak, Teresa ^a   Sroka, Aneta ^b   Potempa, Jan ^b   Olczak, Mariusz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Heme outer membrane receptor; Heme uptake; Heme binding protein; His tag; HmuR; HmuY; Lipoprotein; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN HMUR; PROTEIN HMUY; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; HEME; HEMIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERUM;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 43049126508     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0309-7     Document Type: Article

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