Iron regulates transcription of the Escherichia coli ferric citrate transport genes directly and through the transcription initiation proteins

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-490

  Angerer, Annemarie ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Ferric citrate transport; Surface signaling; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CITRATE; IRON; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031811067     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050600     Document Type: Article

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