The fbpABC operon is required for ton-independent utilization of xenosiderophores by neisseria gonorrhoeae strain FA19

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 267-278

  Strange, Heather R ^a   Zola, Tracey A ^a   Cornelissen, Cynthia Nau ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ENTEROCHELIN; FERRIC ION; LACTOFERRIN; PROTEIN FBPABC; SALMOCHELIN; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOSIDEROPHORE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FBPABC GENE; IRON TRANSPORT; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OPERON; SIDEROPHORES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650892287     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00807-10     Document Type: Article

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