Analysis of a ferric uptake regulator (Fur) knockout mutant in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2013, Pages 831-841

  Ebanks, Roger O ^a   Goguen, Michel ^a,b   Knickle, Leah ^a   Dacanay, Andrew ^a   Leslie, Andrew ^a   Ross, Neil W ^a   Pinto, Devanand M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeromonas salmonicida; Ferric uptake regulator; Iron regulated; Outer membrane proteins; Proteomics

Indexed keywords

FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; SIDEROPHORE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FISH DISEASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; PROTEOMICS; TROUT;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84872490975     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.10.038     Document Type: Article

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