The ttpC Gene Is Contained in Two of Three TonB Systems in the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus, but only one is active in iron transport and virulence

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3250-3259

  Kustusch, Ryan J ^a   Kuehl, Carole J ^a,b   Crosa, Jorge H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN EXBB1; PROTEIN EXBD1; PROTEIN TONB; PROTEIN TTPC2; PROTEIN TTPC3; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TTPC GENE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; LETHAL DOSE 50; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; SIDEROPHORES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MUS; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84864014074     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00155-12     Document Type: Article

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