Transcriptional response of Leptospira interrogans to iron limitation and characterization of a PerR homolog

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4850-4859

  Lo, Miranda ^a   Murray, Gerald L ^a   Khoo, Chen Ai ^a   Haake, David A ^b,c   Zuerner, Richard L ^d   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HEME; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PERR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; ION TRANSPORT; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SAPROTROPH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 78049428893     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00435-10     Document Type: Article

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