Expression of BfrH, a putative siderophore receptor of Bordetella bronchiseptica, is regulated by iron, fur1, and the extracellular function sigma factor EcfI

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1147-1162

  Burgos, Jonathan M ^a   King Lyons, Natalie D ^a   Connell, Terry D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; IRON; RECEPTOR; SIDEROPHORE; SIDEROPHORE RECEPTOR; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BFRH GENE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECFI GENE; ECFR GENE; FEMALE; FUR1 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77349107152     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00961-09     Document Type: Article

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