Interplay between iron homeostasis and virulence: Fur and RyhB as major regulators of bacterial pathogenicity

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 2-14

  Porcheron, Gaëlle ^a   Dozois, Charles M ^a,b  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fur; Iron; Regulation; RyhB; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HEME; HEMOLYSIN; IRON; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATING PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL INVASION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOTAXIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FUR GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IRON HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RYHB GENE; SERUM; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; TWITCHING MOTILITY; VETERINARY PATHOLOGY; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84942819091     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.03.024     Document Type: Review

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