HlyX, the FNR homologue of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, is a [4Fe- 4S]-containing oxygen-responsive transcription regulator that anaerobically activates FNR-dependent class I promoters via an enhanced AR1 contact

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 593-605

  Green, Jeffrey ^a   Baldwin, Mandy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; OXYGEN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030915255     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3801737.x     Document Type: Article

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