Genetic organization of an Acinetobacter baumannii chromosomal region harbouring genes related to siderophore biosynthesis and transport

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1227-1238

  Dorsey, Caleb W ^a   Tolmasky, Marcelo E ^b   Crosa, Jorge H ^c   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATECHOL; CHORISMIC ACID; ENTEROCHELIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; IRON COMPLEX; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PANTETHEINE PHOSPHATE; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIDEROPHORES;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0038192033     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26204-0     Document Type: Review

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