Identification and characterization of alcR, a gene encoding an AraC- like regulator of alcaligin siderophore biosynthesis and transport in Bordetella pertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 862-870

  Beaumont, Fiona C ^a   Kang, Ho Young ^a   Brickman, Timothy J ^a   Armstrong, Sandra K ^a,b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCALIGIN; CYTARABINE; IRON; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2642697838     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.4.862-870.1998     Document Type: Article

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