Mutagenesis of conserved amino acids of Helicobacter pylori fur reveals residues important for function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5037-5052

  Carpenter, Beth M ^a   Gancz, Hanan ^a   Benoit, Stéphane L ^b   Evans, Sarah ^c   Olsen, Cara H ^d   Michel, Sarah L J ^c   Maier, Robert J ^b   Merrell, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA BINDING; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; UPREGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77957370152     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00198-10     Document Type: Article

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