The Fur-regulated gene encoding the alternative sigma factor PvdS is required for iron-dependent expression of the LysR-type regulator PtxR in pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6784-6788

  Vasil, Michael L ^a   Ochsner, Urs A ^a   Johnson, Zaiga ^a   Colmer, Jane A ^b   Hamood, Abdul N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE; SIDEROPHORE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS EXOTOXIN;

EID: 0032428302     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6784-6788.1998     Document Type: Article

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