Two plant bacteria, S. meliloti and Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus, share functional znuABC homologues that encode for a high affinity zinc uptake system

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Vahling Armstrong, Cheryl M ^a   Zhou, Huasong ^a   Benyon, Lesley ^a   Morgan, J Kent ^a   Duan, Yongping ^a  

^a U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZNUA; PROTEIN ZNUB; PROTEIN ZNUC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ABC TRANSPORTER; EDETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; ZNU GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS; CITRUS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CITRUS; EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS; RHIZOBIACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; ZINC;

EID: 84861362187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037340     Document Type: Article

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