Agrobacterium tumefaciens membrane-bound ferritin plays a role in protection against hydrogen peroxide toxicity and is negatively regulated by the iron response regulator

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-92

  Ruangkiattikul, Nantaporn ^a   Bhubhanil, Sakkarin ^b,c   Chamsing, Jareeya ^b,c   Niamyim, Phettree ^b,c   Sukchawalit, Rojana ^a,b,c   Mongkolsuk, Skorn ^a,c,d  

^a Chulabhorn Research Institute   (Thailand)

^b Research and Innovation   (Thailand)

^c THAILAND CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS   (Thailand)

^d Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Iron and peroxide toxicity; Iron sequestration; Oxidative stress response

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON RESPONSE REGULATOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FENTON REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 84857783778     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02509.x     Document Type: Letter

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