Regulation of petrobactin and bacillibactin biosynthesis in Bacillus anthracis under iron and oxygen variation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Jung Yeop ^a,c   Passalacqua, Karla D ^b,d   Hanna, Philip C ^b   Sherman, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Evolva Inc   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLIBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; IRON; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; PETROBACTIN; PROTEIN ASBB; PROTEIN DHBC; SIDEROPHORE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE A1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CELL EXTRACT; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

AERATION; ARTICLE; ASBB GENE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DHBC GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; IRON DEPLETION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SODA1 GENE; SODA2 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BENZAMIDES; CELL EXTRACTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IRON; MUTATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPERON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PARAQUAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIDEROPHORES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79958109910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020777     Document Type: Article

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