Iron uptake by Escherichia coli

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli; Energy Transfer; Iron; Iron Transport; Regulation; Review; Transport Proteins

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FERRIC CITRATE; FERRIC ION; FERROPORTIN 1; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IRON TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTON MOTIVE FORCE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON;

EID: 3142749997     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1232     Document Type: Review

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