Dealing with oxidative stress and iron starvation in microorganisms: An overview

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-272

  Benjamin, Julie Anna M ^a   Desnoyers, Guillaume ^a   Morissette, Audrey ^a   Salvail, Hubert ^a   Massé, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iron starvation; Iron sulfur clusters; Oxidative stress; Regulatory proteins; RyhB; Small RNA; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ACOTINASE A; ACOTINASE B; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENTEROCHELIN; IRON; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; SULFUR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING COMPETITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STARVATION; IRON TRANSPORT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77950890080     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y10-014     Document Type: Review

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