Identification and characterisation of the fur genes in Photobacterium damselae ssp. piscicida and ssp. damselae

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Juíz Río, Sandra ^a   Osorio, Carlos R ^a   Lemos, Manuel L ^a  

^a Santiago de Compostela Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

fur gene; Fur protein; Iron uptake; Pasteurellosis; Photobacterium damselae

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; IRON-UPTAKE REGULATION PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 3042679185     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao058151     Document Type: Article

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