Antiparallel and interlinked control of cellular iron levels by the Irr and RirA regulators of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3461-3472

  Hibbing, Michael E ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEME; IRON; IRR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIRA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 79960418333     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00317-11     Document Type: Article

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