Molecular analysis of the copper-transporting efflux system CusCFBA of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3804-3812

  Franke, Sylvia ^a   Grass, Gregor ^a,b   Rensing, Christopher ^b   Nies, Dietrich H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEAVY METAL; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN CUSA; PROTEIN CUSB; PROTEIN CUSC; PROTEIN CUSF; SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; COPPER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037701544     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3804-3812.2003     Document Type: Article

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