The adhesion-associated sca operon in Streptococcus gordonii encodes an inducible high-affinity ABC transporter for Mn2+ uptake

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 290-295

  Kolenbrander, Paul E ^a,c   Andersen, Roxanna N ^a   Baker, Rachel A ^b   Jenkinson, Howard F ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; MANGANESE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII;

EID: 0031887789     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.290-295.1998     Document Type: Article

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