Molybdate transport and regulation in bacteria

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 345-354

  Grunden, Amy M ^a   Shanmugam, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC transport system; Azotobacter vinelandii; Clostridium pasteurianum; Escherichia coli; modABC Genes; modE Gene; Molybdate transport; Molybdate transport genetics regulation; Molybdate specific repressor; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDIC ACID;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSPORT AND BINDING PHENOMENA;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDENUM; OPERON;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030726129     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050508     Document Type: Review

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