The fur gene from Klebsiella pneumoniae: Characterization, genomic organization and phylogenetic analysis

Gene

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-207

  Achenbach, Laurie A ^a   Yang, Wei ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric uptake regulator; Iron uptake; Phylogeny; Sequence

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IRON TRANSPORT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; STOP CODON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031045576     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00642-7     Document Type: Article

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