Identification and characterization of a high-affinity zinc uptake system in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-71

  Chen, Cheng Yen ^a   Morse, Stephan A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Zinc; Zinc binding protein

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; COPPER ION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0035822583     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00302-0     Document Type: Article

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