Iron and pH-responsive FtrABCD ferrous iron utilization system of Bordetella species

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 580-593

  Brickman, Timothy J ^a   Armstrong, Sandra K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERROUS ION; HEME; PROTEIN TONB; SIDEROPHORE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BODY FLUID; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORT A GENE; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORT B GENE; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORT C GENE; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORT D GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BORDETELLA; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 84868112030     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12003     Document Type: Article

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