Cloning and sequencing of the Vibrio parahaemolyticus fur gene

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 737-740

  Yamamoto, Shigeo ^a   Funahashi, Tatsuya ^a   Ikai, Hisato ^a   Shinoda, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fur gene; Iron regulatory protein; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

IRON REGULATORY FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0030967873     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1997.tb01919.x     Document Type: Article

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