Identification of the Escherichia coli K-12 Nramp orthologue (MntH) as a selective divalent metal ion transporter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1065-1078

  Makui, Hortence ^a   Roig, Eva ^a   Cole, Stewart T ^b   Helmann, John D ^c   Gros, Philippe ^d   Cellier, Mathieu F M ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION TRANSPORT AFFECTING AGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METAL ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TEMPERATURE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; ION TRANSPORT; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MANGANESE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034054897     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01774.x     Document Type: Article

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