Iron transporters in marine prokaryotic genomes and metagenomes

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-128

  Hopkinson, Brian M ^a   Barbeau, Katherine A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; IRON; NONRIBOSOMAL PEPTIDE SYNTHETASE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; SEA WATER; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IRON; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEAWATER; SIDEROPHORES;

CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84855270968     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02539.x     Document Type: Article

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