Analysis of the alcABC operon encoding alcaligin biosynthesis enzymes in Bordetella bronchiseptica

Gene

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Giardina, Peter C ^a,c   Foster, Lisa Anne ^a,d   Toth, Steven I ^b   Bruce A, Roe ^b   Dyer, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genes; Iron; Prokaryote; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA FRAGMENT; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030878612     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00094-2     Document Type: Article

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