Evidence for the transport of zinc(II) ions via the Pit inorganic phosphate transport system in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-235

  Beard, Steven J ^a   Hashim, Rohani ^a   Wu, Guanghui ^b   Binet, Marie R B ^b   Hughes, Martin N ^a   Poole, Robert K ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Inorganic phosphate transport; pitA; Zinc transport

Indexed keywords

METAL ION; PHOSPHATE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION TRANSPORT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHATES; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; LURIA;

EID: 0034653762     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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