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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2001, p. 4664-4667, Vol. 183, No. 15
Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental
Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
857211; Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
482012; and Institut für
Mikrobiologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle, Germany3
Received 7 March 2001/Accepted 14 May 2001
The Escherichia coli zitB gene encodes a Zn(II)
transporter belonging to the cation diffusion facilitator family. ZitB
is specifically induced by zinc. ZitB expression on a plasmid rendered zntA-disrupted E. coli cells more resistant to
zinc, and the cells exhibited reduced accumulation of 65Zn,
suggesting ZitB-mediated efflux of zinc.
0021-9193/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.15.4664-4667.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
ZitB (YbgR), a Member of the Cation Diffusion
Facilitator Family, Is an Additional Zinc Transporter in
Escherichia coli
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621-1647. E-mail: rensingc{at}ag.arizona.edu.
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