Genetic characterization of wild-type and mutant fur genes of Bordetella avium

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3160-3165

  Murphy, Erin R ^a   Dickenson, Amy ^a   Militello, Kevin T ^a   Connell, Terry D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Department of Microbiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA; CHROMOSOME; CLONING VECTOR; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

BORDETELLA AVIUM; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033023952     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.3160-3165.1999     Document Type: Article

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