The Rhizobium leguminosarum tonB gene is required for the uptake of siderophore and haem as sources of iron

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 801-816

  Wexler, Margaret ^a   Yeoman, Kay H ^a   Stevens, James B ^a   De Luca, Nicola G ^a,c   Sawers, Gary ^b   Johnston, Andrew W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; FERRIC DICITRATE; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IRON DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN FUR; PROTEIN RPOL; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICIBACTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HMU GENE; HMUPSTUV GENE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RPOZ GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TONB GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEME; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 0035725442     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02556.x     Document Type: Article

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