Unusual structure of the tonB-exb DNA region of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: TonB, exbB, and exbD1 are essential for ferric iron uptake, but exbD2 is not

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 7103-7110

  Wiggerich, Heinrich G ^a   Klauke, Bärbel ^a   Köplin, Reinhard ^a,b   Priefer, Ursula B ^a,c   Pühler, Alfred ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE STRUCTURE; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0030817277     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.7103-7110.1997     Document Type: Article

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