The yersiniabactin biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia enterocolitica: Organization and siderophore-dependent regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 538-546

  Pelludat, C ^a   Rakin, A ^a   Jacobi, C A ^a   Schubert, S ^a   Heesemann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031935001     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.538-546.1998     Document Type: Article

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