Identification and characterization of two contiguous operons required for aerobactin transport and biosynthesis in Vibrio mimicus

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-398

  Moon, Yong Hwa ^a   Tanabe, Tomotaka ^a   Funahashi, Tatsuya ^a   Shiuchi, Kei Ichi ^a   Nakao, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABC transport system; Aerobactin operon; Iron uptake; Iron regulated gene

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; AEROBACTIN; FERRIC ION; GENOMIC DNA; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE CONTROL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TITRIMETRY; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 2442636217     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03528.x     Document Type: Article

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