Identification and analysis of a gene encodinga Fur-like protein of Staphylococcus epidermidis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Heidrich, C ^a   Hantke, K ^b   Bierbaum, G ^a   Sahl, H G ^a  

^a Inst fur Med Mikrobiol/Immunol   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fur box; Fur protein; FURTA; Staphylococcus epidermis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030199715     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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