Sequence and genetic analysis of the hemin storage (hms) system of Yersinia pestis

Gene

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Lillard, James W ^a   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Pedersen, Lisa ^a   Pendrak, Michael L ^b,c   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c USDA ARS PSI   (United States)

Author keywords

Congo red; Hemin; Lysine + arginine rich motif; Plague

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; HEMIN; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PIGMENTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030738492     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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