Characterization of fig operon mutants of Francisella novicida U112

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-277

  Kiss, Katalin ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Huntley, Jason F ^a   Norgard, Michael V ^a   Hansen, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Francisella; Iron; Mutant; Rhizoferrin; Siderophore

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FIG GENE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; IRON RESTRICTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; IRON; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; STAINING AND LABELING;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA;

EID: 47349100672     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01237.x     Document Type: Article

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