Legionella pneumophila LbtU acts as a novel, TonB-independent receptor for the legiobactin siderophore

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1563-1575

  Chatfield, Christa H ^a   Mulhern, Brendan J ^a   Burnside, Denise M ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FERROUS CHLORIDE; HISTIDINE; IRON; IRON 55; LBTU PROTEIN; LEGIOBACTIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TONB; RNA; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRON TRANSPORT; LBTA GENE; LBTB GENE; LBTU GENE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIDEROPHORES;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 79952796132     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01111-10     Document Type: Article

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