Vibrio cholerae VibF is required for vibriobactin synthesis and is a member of the family of nonribosomal peptide synthetases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1731-1738

  Butterton, Joan R ^a   Choi, Michael H ^a   Watnick, Paula I ^a   Carroll, Patricia A ^a,c   Calderwood, Stephen B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ENTEROCHELIN; IRON; KANAMYCIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SIDEROPHORE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VIBRIOBACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOLS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXAZOLES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA SP.;

EID: 0034006506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1731-1738.2000     Document Type: Article

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