The iron-responsive Fur/RyhB regulatory cascade modulates the Shigella outer membrane protease icsp

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4543-4549

  Africa, Lia A A ^a,c   Murphy, Erin R ^b   Egan, Nicholas R ^a   Wigley, Amanda F ^a   Wing, Helen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; ICSP PROTEIN; IRON COMPLEX; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RYHB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80855140142     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05340-11     Document Type: Article

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