The haem-uptake gene cluster in Vibrio fischeri is regulated by Fur and contributes to symbiotic colonization

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2855-2864

  Septer, Alecia N ^a   Wang, Yanling ^b,d   Ruby, Edward G ^b   Stabb, Eric V ^a   Dunn, Anne K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; HEME; HEMIN; IRON; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CEPHALOPOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SYMBIOSIS;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEME; HEMIN; IRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 80055089802     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02558.x     Document Type: Article

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