Comparative and functional genomic analysis of prokaryotic nickel and cobalt uptake transporters: Evidence for a novel group of ATP-binding cassette transporters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 317-327

  Rodionov, Dmitry A ^a,b,c   Hebbeln, Peter ^b   Gelfand, Mikhail S ^a   Eitinger, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COBALT; COBAMAMIDE; NICKEL; PROTEIN CBIMN; PROTEIN CBIMNQO; PROTEIN HUPE; PROTEIN NICOT; PROTEIN NIKMNQO; PROTEIN UREH; PROTEIN UREJ; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN NIKR; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NIKR PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE LOCATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAXONOMY; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; COBALT; COBAMIDES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; NICKEL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 33644894229     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.1.317-327.2006     Document Type: Article

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