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Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5214-5223

  Rasmussen, Andrew W ^a   Alexander, Heather L ^a   Perkins Balding, Donna ^a   Shafer, William M ^a,b   Stojiljkovic, Igor ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENE OF HYDROPHOBIC TOLERANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEME; IRON; METALLOPORPHYRINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 22544439327     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5214-5223.2005     Document Type: Article

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