An ABC-type cobalt transport system is essential for growth of Sinorhizobium meliloti at trace metal concentrations

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 4405-4416

  Cheng, Jiujun ^a   Poduska, Branislava ^a   Morton, Richard A ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CBTJKL PROTEIN; COBALAMIN; COBALT; TRACE METAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL TRANSPORT; CHELATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COBALT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; RIBOSWITCH; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VITAMIN B 12;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 80052333142     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05045-11     Document Type: Article

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