Conserved low-affinity nickel-binding amino acids are essential for the function of the nickel permease NixA of Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1438-1443

  Wolfram, Lutz ^a   Bauerfeind, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; HISTIDINE; NICKEL; NICKEL PERMEASE; PERMEASE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036175155     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.5.1438-1443.2002     Document Type: Article

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