Chromosome-determined zinc-responsible operon czr in Staphylococcus aureus strain 912

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-125

  Kuroda, Makoto ^a   Hayashi, Hideo ^a   Ohta, Toshiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Staphylococcus aureus; Stress inducible genes; Zinc transporter; Zinc responsible gene czr

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES EUTROPHUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033037505     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1999.tb02382.x     Document Type: Article

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