Regulation of the iron uptake genes in Pseudomonas fluorescens M114 by pseudobactin M114: The pbrA sigma factor gene does not mediate the siderophore regulatory response

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-66

  Callanan, Michael ^a   Sexton, Raymund ^a,b   Dowling, David N ^a,c   O'Gara, Fergal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

iron regulation; promoter; Pseudomonas; receptor; siderophore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0030588075     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00339-4     Document Type: Article

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