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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Microbiol. 2008 Jun 28;70(1):3–14. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06333.x

Table 1.

Relevant features of B. pertussis iron systems analyzed using RIVET

Iron system Promotera Activator Inducer
Alcaligin siderophore biosynthesis, transport and Utilization alcA AlcR (AraC/XylS family) Alcaligin
Enterobactin siderophore transport and utilization bfeA BfeR (AraC/XylS family) enterobactin, other Catechols
Heme transport and utilization bhuR HurI (Extracytoplasmic function sigma factor) heme compounds
a

inducible promoter driving tnpR expression in a RIVET strain