The iron-binding CyaY and IscX proteins assist the ISC-catalyzed Fe-S biogenesis in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 605-623

  Roche, Béatrice ^a   Huguenot, Allison ^a   Barras, Frédéric ^a   Py, Béatrice ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN CYAY; PROTEIN ISCX; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYAY PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCX PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYAY GENE; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; ISCX GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC FITNESS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPERON; SULFUR;

EID: 84922626000     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12888     Document Type: Article

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