Iron Scavenging in the Pathogenesis of Escherichia coli

Iron Transport and Storage Proteins

1980 • 1,183 citations

Iron withholding: a defense against infection and neoplasia.

1984 • 893 citations

Ferric uptake regulation protein acts as a repressor, employing iron(II) as a cofactor to bind the operator of an iron transport operon in Escherichia coli

1987 • 574 citations

Regulation of ferric iron transport in Escherichia coli K12: Isolation of a constitutive mutant

1981 • 554 citations

Operator sequences of the aerobactin operon of plasmid ColV-K30 binding the ferric uptake regulation (fur) repressor

1987 • 539 citations

Novel iron uptake system specified by ColV plasmids: an important component in the virulence of invasive strains of Escherichia coli

1979 • 342 citations

The isolation and characterization of a hydroxamic acid (aerobactin) formed by Aerobacter aerogenes 62-1

1969 • 306 citations

Correlation of the virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae K1 and K2 with the presence of a plasmid encoding aerobactin

1986 • 263 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the Shiga-like toxin genes of Escherichia coli.

1987 • 261 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the gene for the ferrienterochelin receptor FepA in Escherichia coli. Homology among outer membrane receptors that interact with TonB.

1986 • 228 citations

Aerobactin biosynthesis and transport genes of plasmid ColV-K30 in Escherichia coli K-12

1986 • 217 citations

Cloned fragments of the plasmid ColV,I-K94 specifying virulence and serum resistance

1979 • 193 citations

ColV Plasmid-Mediated, Colicin V-Independent Iron Uptake System of Invasive Strains of Escherichia coli

1980 • 183 citations

ColV plasmid-specific aerobactin synthesis by invasive strains of Escherichia coli

1981 • 180 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the iron regulatory gene fur

1985 • 176 citations

A Search for Transmissible Pathogenic Characters in Invasive Strains of Escherichia coli: the Discovery of a Plasmid-controlled Toxin and a Plasmid-controlled Lethal Character Closely Associated, or Identical, with Colicine V

1974 • 174 citations

Free manganese(II) and iron(II) cations can act as intracellular cell controls

1982 • 159 citations

Aerobactin-mediated iron uptake by Escherichia coli isolates from human extraintestinal infections

1986 • 146 citations

A cluster of five genes specifying the aerobactin iron uptake system of plasmid ColV-K30

1984 • 141 citations

Further Observations on the Association of the Colicine V Plasmid of Escherichia coli with Pathogenicity and with Survival in the Alimentary Tract

1976 • 139 citations

Protein fusions of beta-galactosidase to the ferrichrome-iron receptor of Escherichia coli K-12

1986 • 120 citations

Aerobactin genes in Shigella spp

1984 • 120 citations

Characterization of iucA and iucC genes of the aerobactin system of plasmid ColV-K30 in Escherichia coli

1986 • 117 citations

Cloning of the aerobactin-mediated iron assimilation system of plasmid ColV

1983 • 112 citations

Composite IS1 elements encoding hydroxamate-mediated iron uptake in FIme plasmids from epidemic Salmonella spp

1985 • 98 citations

Mapping of a mutation affecting regulation of iron uptake systems in Escherichia coli K-12

1985 • 97 citations

Occurrence of chromosome- or plasmid-mediated aerobactin iron transport systems and hemolysin production among clonal groups of human invasive strains of Escherichia coli K1

1986 • 96 citations

Escherichia colicells containing the plasmid ColV produce the iron ionophore aerobactin

1981 • 96 citations

Identification of the genes and their polypeptide products responsible for aerobactin synthesis by pColV plasmids

1985 • 86 citations

Iron, siderophores, and the pursuit of virulence: independence of the aerobactin and enterochelin iron uptake systems in Escherichia coli

1986 • 86 citations

Promoter mapping and transcriptional regulation of the iron assimilation system of plasmid ColV-K30 in Escherichia coli K-12

1985 • 77 citations

Plasmid- and chromosome-coded aerobactin synthesis in enteric bacteria: insertion sequences flank operon in plasmid-mediated systems

1984 • 72 citations

Incidence of the Aerobactin Iron Uptake System Among Escherichia coli Isolates From Infections of Farm Animals

1987 • 63 citations

Aerobactin genes in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli

1985 • 52 citations

An inducible outer membrane protein involved in aerobactin‐mediated iron transport by Co1V strains of Escherichia coli

1982 • 47 citations

Another Colicin V Phenotype: In Vitro Adhesion of Escherichia coli to Mouse Intestinal Epithelium

1981 • 47 citations

Regulation of the ColV plasmid-determined iron (III)-aerobactin transport system in Escherichia coli

1982 • 44 citations

Production of aerobactin by some species of the genus Yersinia

1986 • 34 citations

DNA environment of the aerobactin iron uptake system genes in prototypic ColV plasmids

1986 • 29 citations

Effect of ColV plasmids on the hydrophobicity of Escherichia coli

1985 • 24 citations

Plasmid-determined cloacin DF13-susceptibility inEnterobacter cloacae andKlebsiella edwardsii; identification of the cloacin DF13/aerobactin outer membrane receptor proteins

1985 • 18 citations

Production of colicin V in vitro and in vivo and observations on its effects in experimental animals

1977 • 18 citations

Biochemical genetics of aerobactin biosynthesis inEscherichia coli

1986 • 16 citations

The aerobactin iron uptake system in enteropathogenicEscherichia coli: evidence for an extinct transposon

1986 • 16 citations

RNA-DNA hybridization analysis of transcription of the plasmid ColV-K30 aerobactin gene cluster

1986 • 15 citations

Effects of some substrate analogs on aerobactin synthetase from Aerobacter aerogenes 62‐1

1986 • 11 citations