The Pseudomonas aeruginosa tonB gene encodes a novel TonB protein

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1449-1458

  Poole, Keith ^a   Zhao, Qixun ^a   Neshat, Shádi ^a   Heinrichs, David E ^a   Dean, Charles R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Iron transport; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Siderophore; tonB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ENTEROCHELIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0029906434     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1449     Document Type: Article

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