An ABC transporter system of Yersinia pestis allows utilization of chelated iron by Escherichia coli SAB11

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1135-1147

  Bearden, Scott W ^b   Staggs, Teanna M ^a,b   Perry, Robert D ^b  

^a San Antonio College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON CHELATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IRON CHELATION; IRON METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031933445     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1135-1147.1998     Document Type: Article

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