Performance of standard phenotypic assays for TonB activity, as evaluated by varying the level of functional, wild-type TonB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4699-4706

  Larsen, Ray A ^a,b   Chen, Gregory J ^a   Postle, Kathleen ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COBALAMIN; COLICIN; IRON; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TONB; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; COLICINS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SIDEROPHORES; VITAMIN B 12;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0041402639     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4699-4706.2003     Document Type: Article

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