Haem iron-transport system in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 825-833

  Torres, Alfredo G ^a   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031033423     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2641628.x     Document Type: Article

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