Bordetella AlcS transporter functions in alcaligin siderophore export and is central to inducer sensing in positive regulation of alcaligin system gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3650-3661

  Brickman, Timothy J ^a   Armstrong, Sandra K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALCS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCA GENE; ALCS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALCA; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 18944400737     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3650-3661.2005     Document Type: Article

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