Identification of an operon required for ferrichrome iron utilization in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2350-2353

  Rogers, Marc B ^a,c   Sexton, Jessica A ^a,d   DeCastro, G Joel ^a,e   Calderwood, Stephen B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Eco Soil Systems Inc   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRICHROME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC REGULATION; IRON METABOLISM; LIGAND BINDING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRICHROME; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0034068917     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2350-2353.2000     Document Type: Article

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