Sites of interaction between the FecA and FecR signal transduction proteins of ferric citrate transport in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3745-3752

  Enz, Sabine ^a   Brand, Heidi ^a   Orellana, Claudia ^a   Mahren, Susanne ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FERRIC CITRATE; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FECA; PROTEIN FECR; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038039254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3745-3752.2003     Document Type: Article

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