A second tonB gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is linked to the exbB and exbD genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-132

  Zhao, Qixun ^a   Poole, Keith ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

exbBD; Iron regulation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Second tonB gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

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

EID: 0033962643     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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