FslE is necessary for siderophore-mediated iron acquisition in Francisella tularensis Schu S4

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5353-5361

  Ramakrishnan, Girija ^a,c   Meeker, Alexis ^a   Dragulev, Bojan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FSLE GENE; FUR GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 48149110160     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00181-08     Document Type: Article

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