Identification and characterization of a membrane permease involved in iron-hydroxamate transport in Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4394-4400

  Sebulsky, M Tom ^a   Hohnstein, Dan ^a   Hunter, Meredith D ^a   Heinrichs, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DEFEROXAMINE; HYDROXAMIC ACID; IRON; PERMEASE; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033907955     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4394-4400.2000     Document Type: Article

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