Two tonB systems function in iron transport in Vibrio anguillarum, but only one is essential for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7326-7329

  Stork, Michiel ^a   Di Lorenzo, Manuela ^a   Mouriño, Susana ^b   Osorio, Carlos R ^b   Lemos, Manuel L ^b   Crosa, Jorge H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Santiago de Compostela Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC ANGUIBACTIN; FERRIC ION; IRON; PROTEIN TONB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 9244255835     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7326-7329.2004     Document Type: Article

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