Characterization of the Bacteroides fragilis bfr gene product identifies a bacterial DPS-like protein and suggests evolutionary links in the ferritin superfamily

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-27

  Gauss, George H ^a   Reott, Mihael A ^b   Roha, Edson R ^b   Young, Mark J ^a   Douglas, Trevor ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^b   Lawrence, C Martin ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOFERRITIN; DPS PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 84862907816     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05260-11     Document Type: Article

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