FeoA and FeoC are essential components of the vibrio cholerae ferrous iron uptake system, and FeoC interacts with FeoB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 4826-4835

  Weaver, Emily A ^a,b   Wyckoff, Elizabeth E ^a   Mey, Alexandra R ^a   Morrison, Rebecca ^a   Payne, Shelley M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FERROUS ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PYROXYLIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; FEOA GENE; FEOB GENE; FEOC GENE; GENE INTERACTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84886054254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00738-13     Document Type: Article

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