The fbpABC locus of Neisseria gonorrhoeae functions in the periplasm-to-cytosol transport of iron

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2145-2149

  Adhikari, Pratima ^a   Berish, Sally A ^b   Nowalk, Andrew J ^a   Veraldi, Kristen L ^a   Morse, Stephen A ^b   Mietzner, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IRON BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE LOCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPERON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE SEROTYPE A; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0029936842     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2145-2149.1996     Document Type: Article

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