Identification, cloning and initial characterisation of FeuPQ in Brucella suis: A new sub-family of two-component regulatory systems

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Dorrell, Nick ^a   Spencer, Steve ^b   Foulonge, Vincent ^c   Guigue Talet, Patricia ^c   O'Callaghan, David ^c   Wren, Brendan W ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Brucella suis; FeuPQ; Iron; Isogenic mutant; PhoPQ; Two component regulatory system

Indexed keywords

DNA; IRON;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON TRANSPORT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SENSOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0032080519     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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