Genetics and regulation of two distinct haem-uptake systems, phu and has, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-198

  Ochsner, Urs A ^a   Johnson, Zaiga ^a   Vasil, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferric uptake regulator; Haem receptor; Iron transport; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTOR GENE; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0033955445     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-1-185     Document Type: Article

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