TonB and the Gram‐negative dilemma

MUTATIONS OF BACTERIA FROM VIRUS SENSITIVITY TO VIRUS RESISTANCE

1943 • 3,852 citations

Microbial Envelope Proteins Related to Iron

1982 • 567 citations

Regulation of ferric iron transport in Escherichia coli K12: Isolation of a constitutive mutant

1981 • 554 citations

Novel iron uptake system specified by ColV plasmids: an important component in the virulence of invasive strains of Escherichia coli

1979 • 342 citations

DNA supercoiling and the anaerobic and growth phase regulation of tonB gene expression

1988 • 257 citations

Bacterial outer membranes: Biogenesis and functions

1979 • 254 citations

Nucleotide sequence of the gene for the ferrienterochelin receptor FepA in Escherichia coli. Homology among outer membrane receptors that interact with TonB.

1986 • 228 citations

Nature of the energy requirement for the irreversible adsorption of bacteriophages T1 and phi80 to Escherichia coli

1976 • 216 citations

Salmonella typhimurium synthesizes cobalamin (vitamin B12) de novo under anaerobic growth conditions

1984 • 213 citations

Membrane receptor dependent iron transport in Escherichia coli

1975 • 190 citations

Genetics of resistance to colicins in Escherichia coli K-12: cross-resistance among colicins of group B

1975 • 185 citations

Involvement of ExbB and TonB in transport across the outer membrane of Escherichia coli: phenotypic complementation of exb mutants by overexpressed tonB and physical stabilization of TonB by ExbB

1989 • 181 citations

Import of biopolymers into Escherichia coli: nucleotide sequences of the exbB and exbD genes are homologous to those of the tolQ and tolR genes, respectively

1989 • 179 citations

Constitutive expression of the iron-enterochelin and ferrichrome uptake systems in a mutant strain of Salmonella typhimurium

1978 • 174 citations

Suppression of the btuB451 mutation by mutations in the tonB gene suggests a direct interaction between TonB and TonB-dependent receptor proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

1988 • 173 citations

Transport across the outer membrane ofEscherichia coli K12 via the FhuA receptor is regulated by the TonB protein of the cytoplasmic membrane

1989 • 172 citations

Specialized transduction of tryptophan markers in Escherichia coli K12 by bacteriophage ∅80

1963 • 149 citations

Cir and Fiu proteins in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli catalyze transport of monomeric catechols: study with beta-lactam antibiotics containing catechol and analogous groups

1990 • 144 citations

cobA function is required for both de novo cobalamin biosynthesis and assimilation of exogenous corrinoids in Salmonella typhimurium

1990 • 143 citations

Transport of vitamin B12 in Escherichia coli. Some observations on the roles of the gene products of BtuC and TonB.

1980 • 140 citations

Iron-regulated outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli K-12 and mechanism of action of catechol-substituted cephalosporins

1988 • 138 citations

DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli tonB gene.

1983 • 136 citations

The structurally related exbB and tolQ genes are interchangeable in conferring tonB-dependent colicin, bacteriophage, and albomycin sensitivity

1989 • 131 citations

TonB protein of Salmonella typhimurium

1990 • 129 citations

Genetic suppression demonstrates interaction of TonB protein with outer membrane transport proteins in Escherichia coli

1990 • 126 citations

Ferrous iron transport mutants inEscherichia coliK12

1987 • 122 citations

Point mutations in a conserved region (TonB box) of Escherichia coli outer membrane protein BtuB affect vitamin B12 transport

1989 • 119 citations

Escherichia coli TonB protein is exported from the cytoplasm without proteolytic cleavage of its amino terminus.

1988 • 117 citations

Surface topology of the Escherichia coli K-12 ferric enterobactin receptor

1990 • 113 citations

Transport of vitamin B12 in tonB mutants of Escherichia coli

1976 • 111 citations

E-0702, a new cephalosporin, is incorporated into Escherichia coli cells via the tonB-dependent iron transport system

1987 • 111 citations

Coordinate regulation by iron of the synthesis of phenolate compounds and three outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli

1977 • 111 citations

The ‘Bayer bridges’ confronted with results from improved electron microscopy methods

1990 • 109 citations

Structure and function of X-Pro dipeptide repeats in the TonB proteins of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli

1990 • 101 citations

Relationship between the tonB locus and iron transport in Escherichia coli

1975 • 101 citations

Sequence‐imposed structural constraints in the TonB protein of E. coli

1986 • 96 citations

Evolutionary relationship between the TonB-dependent outer membrane transport proteins: nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the Escherichia coli colicin I receptor gene

1989 • 89 citations

Recognition and transport of ferric enterobactin in Escherichia coli

1986 • 85 citations

Iron mediated methylthiolation of tRNA as a regulator of operon expression inEscherichia coli

1982 • 83 citations

Aerobactin utilization by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and cloning of a genomic DNA fragment that complements Escherichia coli fhuB mutations

1987 • 83 citations

The importance of theexbBgene for vitamin B12 and ferric iron transport

1981 • 80 citations

A bidirectional rho-independent transcription terminator between the E. coli tonB gene and an opposing gene

1985 • 78 citations

An iron-dependent modification of several transfer RNA species in Escherichia coli

1969 • 76 citations

Aerobic regulation of the Escherichia coli tonB gene by changes in iron availability and the fur locus

1990 • 64 citations

The Iron-Transport Systems of Escherichia coli

1985 • 63 citations

Outer membrane-dependent transport systems in Escherichia coli: turnover of TonB function

1978 • 53 citations

Reduced activity of TonB-dependent functions in strains ofEscherichia coli

1986 • 50 citations

Highly Efficient Uptake of a Rifamycin Derivative via the FhuA-TonB-dependent Uptake Route in Escherichia coli

1987 • 45 citations

Uptake of cyanocobalamin by Escherichia coli B: Some characteristics and evidence for a binding protein

1972 • 41 citations

Identification of an Escherichia coli inner membrane polypeptide specified by a λ-tonB transducing bacteriophage

1979 • 40 citations

A requirement for calcium in the transport of cobalamin across the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.

1986 • 40 citations

Microcin-E492-insensitive Mutants of Escherichia coli K12

1986 • 33 citations

A mutation in the amino terminus of a hybrid TrpC-TonB protein relieves overproduction lethality and results in cytoplasmic accumulation

1989 • 32 citations

Vitamin B12 transport inEscherichia coli K12 does not require thebtuE gene of thebtuCED operon

1989 • 29 citations

Interdependence of calcium and cobalamin binding by wild-type and mutant BtuB protein in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli

1990 • 29 citations

Proteins Forming Large Channels in Biological Membranes

1982 • 3 citations