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The ZnuABC high-affinity zinc uptake system and its regulator Zur in Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jun 1998
Patzer S I, Hantke K
Abstract excerpt
In Escherichia coli, lacZ operon fusions were isolated that were derepressed under iron repletion and repressed under iron depletion. Two fusions were localized in genes that formed an operon whose gene products had characteristics of a binding protein-dependent transport system. The growth defect of these mutants on TY medium containing 5mM EGTA was compensated for by the addition of Zn2+. In the presence of...
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