Regulation of fumarase (fumB) gene expression in Escherichia coli in response to oxygen, iron and heme availability: Role of the arcA, fur, and hemA gene products

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Tseng, Ching Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerobic vs. anaerobic growth; Escherichia coli; Fumarase gene expression; fumB

Indexed keywords

FUMARATE HYDRATASE; HEME; IRON; ISOENZYME;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEME; IRON; LAC OPERON; OXYGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031426190     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00455-2     Document Type: Article

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