Bacillus subtilis contains multiple Fur homologues: Identification of the iron uptake (Fur) and peroxide regulon (PerR) repressors

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 189-198

  Bsat, Nada ^a   Herbig, Andrew ^a   Casillas Martinez, Lilliam ^b   Setlow, Peter ^b   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; IRON;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDES; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031850630     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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