Ferric citrate transport of Escherichia coli: Functional regions of the FecR transmembrane regulatory protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2387-2394

  Welz, Dietrich ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; FERRIC CITRATE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031976760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2387-2394.1998     Document Type: Article

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