In vivo reconstitution of the FhuA transport protein of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5508-5518

  Braun, Michael ^a   Endriss, Franziska ^a   Killmann, Helmut ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Mikrobiologie/Membranphysiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC HYDROXAMATE UPTAKE PROTEIN COMPONENT A; FERRICHROME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRICHROME; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, VIRUS;

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

EID: 0042838110     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5508-5518.2003     Document Type: Article

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