Identification of a new site for ferrichrome transport by comparison of the FhuA proteins of Escherichia coli, Salmonella paratyphi B, Salmonella typhimurium, and Pantoea agglomerans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3845-3852

  Killmann, Helmut ^a,b   Herrmann, Christina ^a   Wolff, Helga ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mikrobiologie/Membran physiologe   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031830237     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3845-3852.1998     Document Type: Article

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