Precise deletions of cell surface-exposed loops of FhuA resulted in mutants of Escherichia coli with distinct phenotypes. Deletion of loop 3 or 11 inactivated ferrichrome transport activity. Deletion of loop 8 inactivated receptor activity for colicin M and the phages T1, T5, and phi80. The loop 7 deletion mutant was colicin M resistant but fully phage sensitive. The loop 4 deletion mutant was ...

The Iranian government has announced the development of its uninhabited Persian Gulf islands in order to secure their territory against claims by neighboring States. On hearing Teheran’s decision develop these we decided prepare and donate a pilot project, showing what new traditional city future might look like if Tonb-e-Kochak, smallest islands, were be developed. We hope above all stimulate ...

Sotlillm clodtq~l sul~~t~e/polyacrylarnide gel :tnwlysis ot’ protrins t~codcd by ii sc>rics ot’ to?/ R + plasmids in minicells has icknt~ified the torLB gene product ws a prokin wit)h km apparent, molecular weight of’ 36,000. A parallel analysis of s(‘vcn tort N mnt,ations which have been genetically crosst~i onto a tonB+ plasmid support,s this itkntification; t)he 36,000 M, protein is tlbsent ...