NEAT: a domain duplicated in genes near the components of a putative Fe3+siderophore transporter from Gram-positive pathogenic bacteria

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Andrade, Miguel A ^a,b   Ciccarelli, Francesca D ^a,b   Perez Iratxeta, Carolina ^a,b   Bork, Peer ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Iron Transport; Necrotizing Fasciitis; Pathogenic Bacterium; Toxic Shock Syndrome; Variable Copy Number

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIDEROPHORES;

EID: 17144469585     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-9-research0047     Document Type: Article

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