Regulation of iron transport in Streptococcus pneumoniae by RitR, an orphan response regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 8123-8136

  Ulijasz, Andrew T ^a   Andes, David R ^a   Glasner, Jeremy D ^b   Weisblum, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RITR; PROTEIN RR489; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; LUNG DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATOR GENE; RITR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THIGH; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HEMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ION TRANSPORT; IRON; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTONIGRIN; THIGH; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 9244265524     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.8123-8136.2004     Document Type: Article

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