Fur regulates the expression of iron-stress genes in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1469-1476

  Ghassemian, Majid ^a   Straus, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Fur; Iron regulation; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FERRIC ION; FLAVODOXIN; HYDROXAMIC ACID; SIDEROPHORE; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 0029974926     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1469     Document Type: Article

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