The Bradyrhizobium japonicum fegA gene encodes an iron-regulated outer membrane protein with similarity to hydroxamate-type siderophore receptors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7265-7275

  LeVier, Kristin ^a   Guerinot, Mary Lou ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROXAMIC ACID; IRON; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR; RNA; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SOYBEAN; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; GLYCINE MAX; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0030466277     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7265-7275.1996     Document Type: Article

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