Identification of rhtX and fptX, Novel Genes Encoding Proteins That Show Homology and Function in the Utilization of the Siderophores Rhizobactin 1021 by Sinorhizobium meliloti and Pyochelin by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Respectively

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2996-3005

  Cuív, Páraic Ó ^a   Clarke, Paul ^a   Lynch, Damien ^a   O'Connell, Michael ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTARABINE; FERRIPYOCHELIN; FHUCDB PROTEIN; IRON; IUTA PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PYOCHELIN; RHIZOBACTIN; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FPTX GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHBABCDEF OPERON; RHRA GENE; RHTA GENE; RHTX GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIDEROPHORES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; THIAZOLES;

ARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 2442485987     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.2996-3005.2004     Document Type: Article

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