The ferrous iron transporter FtrABCD is required for the virulence of Brucella abortus 2308 in mice

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1070-1082

  Elhassanny, Ahmed E M ^a   Anderson, Eric S ^a   Menscher, Evan A ^a   Roop, R Martin ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FERROUS CHLORIDE; FERROUS ION; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORTER A; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORTER ABCD; IRON RESPONSE REGULATOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORTER A GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON SOURCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IRON; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BORDETELLA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84879027162     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12242     Document Type: Article

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