Expression of the PitA phosphate/metal transporter of Escherichia coli is responsive to zinc and inorganic phosphate levels

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Jackson, Rachel J ^a,b   Binet, Marie R B ^a   Lee, Lucy J ^a,c   Ma, Renli ^a,d   Graham, Alison I ^a   McLeod, Cameron W ^a   Poole, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Metal homeostasis; Phosphate transport; Zinc transport

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHATE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56649109488     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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